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<blockquote data-quote="2old4this" data-source="post: 17667" data-attributes="member: 174998">I've been screaming for years about the absurdity of not being able to re-sequence channels on the Sky Digibox. It is a customer-unfreindly restriction imposed with the specific purpose of artificially generating a market for EPG positioning. Here we have a clear illiustration of that. There is no reason at all that the EPG could not have a &quot;default&quot; order, but also be customisable (so viewers could place BBC at whatever position they wanted - just like one can with every other receiver on the market). Nor would it interfere with the automatic updating of EPG as new channels are brought in. The BBC apparently has threatened to go to Oftel if Sky attempts to remove them from the EPG. But they should actually be lobbying Oftel to force Sky to allow the EPG to be user-customisable. That would solve all of these problems.It would also have the stupendous benefit of allowing viewers to finally get rid of all those channels for which they have no subscription or in which they have no interest.2old</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2old4this, post: 17667, member: 174998"] I've been screaming for years about the absurdity of not being able to re-sequence channels on the Sky Digibox. It is a customer-unfreindly restriction imposed with the specific purpose of artificially generating a market for EPG positioning. Here we have a clear illiustration of that. There is no reason at all that the EPG could not have a "default" order, but also be customisable (so viewers could place BBC at whatever position they wanted - just like one can with every other receiver on the market). Nor would it interfere with the automatic updating of EPG as new channels are brought in. The BBC apparently has threatened to go to Oftel if Sky attempts to remove them from the EPG. But they should actually be lobbying Oftel to force Sky to allow the EPG to be user-customisable. That would solve all of these problems. It would also have the stupendous benefit of allowing viewers to finally get rid of all those channels for which they have no subscription or in which they have no interest. 2old [/QUOTE]

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