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(February 2005)

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fanoftv
Surely the Travel Channels should be moved down around the shopping channels.

No wonder it's taking so long if they are planning a big reshuffle.
It must take ages to sort it all out, and consult each of the companies over it.

How do companies get certain slots on the EPG, is it age, thus how Granada Plus was on 118 (that ITV2 is now positioned in), or is it the amount of money (thus how BBC Three & Four jumped up to 115 & 116).

Surely all channels should be grouped together so that it goes...
BBC One, Two, ITV1, Ch 4, five, Sky one, mix, travel, travel +1, BBC Three & Four, ITV 2, 3 & possible 4, E4, E4+1, UKTV from gold - bright ideas, living & challenge, discovery home & leisure, etc.

Surely it's not a matter of where you channel is, more a fact of letting your audience know before hand.
JD
jdtech
Well, EPG slots come in groups of three, which is why space in the EPG section is limited. You get channels like Life TV, Vision, Avago, Hallmark taking up three EPG slots.

Hallmark can use 190, 191 & 192 but they currently only use 190, so 191 & 192 are wasted. This happens less in some of the other sections, like Documentaries...

John

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