I was thinking about this when flipping threw the guide. some numbers are skipped all together. Also, it seems every area and cable company has different numbers for their channels. even some local stations are not on the “proper” cosponsoring number. I was wondering if anyone in the cable industry has any insight into how numbers are put together?
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Another interesting tidbit is that some of the channel positions are dictated by the contracts between the media corporations (Fox, Disney, ESPN, etc) and your local cable company. They don’t necessarily specify the channel numbers but can specify which channels need to be grouped together and how far away some channels need to be from others.
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