TV Channels: A Shorthand Code

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mr.ian

20-02-2006

Originally Posted by stuart62:
“I notice that the OP has never come back to explain himself. Maybe he thinks we're all nuts! ”

Maybe been abducted by a UF

stuart62

20-02-2006

Originally Posted by mr.ian:
“Maybe been abducted by a UF

”

Oh!

(This message is too short etc etc)

steveboswell

20-02-2006

I use the following...

Daisy... BBC 1
Custard... BBC 2
Oscar... ITV1
Wight... Channel 4
Oxford... five

Edit: No I don't, I just use the proper names, duh. What a stupid - but slightly entertaining - thread.

mr.ian

21-02-2006

Originally Posted by stuart62:
“Oh!

(This message is too short etc etc)”

Oh yes!

(This message is too short etc etc)

Mark.

21-02-2006

If I'm speaking to someone who knows the Freeview EPG, I say the channel name. If it's someone who doesn't I say the channel number. Simple really.

Up Pompey!!

21-02-2006

Sky Sports News=SSN

Zeropoint1

21-02-2006

I'm sorry I really want to post something constructive here but really am unable too. The OP really has some OCD about channel nameing / location on DTT.
Perhaps I sometimes call UK Gold "UKG" or UK History "UKH" when I leave a note telling somebody not to change channel while I'm recording a programme, but thats it. I'm not knocking / making fun of OCD's hell I sometimes obsess about a touching a filing cabinet at work (static shocks) and touching certain items.

Star Attraction

26-02-2006

Originally Posted by THE BORG:
“So BBC 4 is B4 that sounds like Data's long-lost brother”

Correct, B4 is BBC4.

Originally Posted by most_haunted:
“Interesting, but pointless - sorry. If you were talking to someone about BBC News 24 and called it B7, they would be confused and you would have to explain the whole code thing, whereas if you just called it BBC News 24 in the first place you wouldn't have to explain anything. The normal way is quicker! :P”

Do you still not see the logic behind the codes? B is the first B in BBC, and the number is the channel number:
1 B1 = BBC1
2 B2 = BBC2
7 B3 = BBC3
9 B4 = BBC4

The higher-numbered BBC channels need more explaining, but since they appear in the following order in the Freeview line-up, they are effectively (to all intents and purposes) BBCs 5, 6, 7, and 8 respectively.

70 B5 = CBBC Channel (effectively BBC5)
71 B6 = CBeebies - BBC (effectively BBC6)
80 B7 = BBC News 24 (effectively BBC7)
81 B8 = BBC Parliament (effectively BBC8)

N.B. CBeebies - haven't you noticed its logo features the BBC squares underneath it, hence why I've put BBC on the back end of CBeebies?

stuart62

26-02-2006

I can see the logic - I just can't understand the need.

satman5000

26-02-2006

I don't know what is worse the Op posting this up or me actually reading every post in this thread over the past 10mins!

I just cannot see the point

Richard II

26-02-2006

Originally Posted by stuart62:
“I can see the logic - I just can't understand the need.”

I agree – it’completely pointless

ElMarko

26-02-2006

Originally Posted by THE BORG:
“One of the old TV listings mags did channels in code and also the guide was like the TV GUIDE you get in the usa something like this

06.00
SKY1 DJ KAT”

Derailing the thread to say that DJ Kat was so frigging awesome when I was a kid.

TEDDYPOPS

26-04-2006

Originally Posted by Star Attraction:
“Back in 1986, I fell into the habit of referring to the four terrestrial channels as follows:

B1 = BBC1
B2 = BBC2
I1 = ITV
I2 = Channel 4

My code for Channel 4 was I2 because to all intents and purposes, it was the ITV2 of the day for a number of reasons:
The ITV franchise holder had to pay a Fourth Channel Subscription to Channel 4 (or S4C in the case of HTV Wales)
On ITV they said "Starting on Channel 4", and on Channel 4 they said "Starting on ITV"
The fourth button on many TVs, which people used for Channel 4, was marked ITV2.

As we all know, it took until the digital age for the real ITV2 to appear.

By the early 90s my coding changed as follows:
B1 = BBC1
B2 = BBC2
I1 = ITV
C4 = Channel 4

When Channel 5 (now Five) started, I was able to add another code as follows:

C5 = Channel 5”

I DON`T GET IT

stirlingguy1

26-04-2006

WHY!!?? When is your 'code' going to be used? Did you work on the Enigma machine?

Carmen Queasy

26-04-2006

OK, I'm really confused.

If you say to someone "Pub B1 on", they'd probably say "what?"

Your reply: "B1" "BBC1"

Their reply: "ooh, ok"

So really, it's not shorthand.

I think everyone sees the "logic" in the codes, but I don't think (m)any people see the logic behind doing it in the first place - it just makes things take longer unless you were talking to yourself or someone who knew your codes.

Pretty pointless, sorry.

dids858

26-04-2006

Have you nothing better to do ? God help you if you had Sky Digital.

Tony Richards

26-04-2006

Sorry but this is just so sad

russellelly

26-04-2006

Originally Posted by steveboswell:
“I use the following...

Daisy... BBC 1
Custard... BBC 2
Oscar... ITV1
Wight... Channel 4
Oxford... five

Edit: No I don't, I just use the proper names, duh. What a stupid - but slightly entertaining - thread.”

I can just picture it now - can someone put custard on - Sir Alan Sugar'll be on in a minute

Sorry, that post's just made my day (not hard in the rain!).

Snowgatehead

26-04-2006

Quote:
“Totally irrevelent thread (BillKay)”

Can I have your job Star Attraction???

You seem to have too much time on your hands

Netizen

26-04-2006

Originally Posted by TEDDYPOPS:
“I DON`T GET IT ”

This thread is from a couple of months ago, since you're new here I should point out it's not a good idea to drag up inactive threads if there's nothing usefull to add to it. Oh, and PLEASE DON'T SHOUT

delboy85

26-04-2006

This is one of the most bizarre (yet strangely entertaining!!) threads I've read in a long time.

<Finch>

26-04-2006

I don't get it, isn't it easier for your brain to just see the Channel Name?

I would think that this how a brain would work:

Channel 4; 1 thought.
C4 - whats that? ... Channel 4; 2thoughts.
104 - whats that? ... Channel 4; 2 thoughts;
or worse
104 - whats that? ... C4 ... whats that? ... Channel 4; 3 thoughts.

Maybe I will just say Disney, instead of Disney channel but thats about a short as I go - maybe Sports 1 instead of Sky Sports 1, but creating little codes just seems like more work to me.

Star Attraction

15-07-2006

Originally Posted by dids858:
“Have you nothing better to do ? God help you if you had Sky Digital.”

Why are you saying "God help you if you had Sky Digital"? Explain.

raymartin01

15-07-2006

I think the OP should be on medication...or if he is already perhaps he should consider changing it, it's clearly not working.

atwt

15-07-2006

Why do you need shorthand, most people who watch BBC One, BBC Two, ITV 1, Four or 5 will normally say...

Put it on 1 , 2 ,3 ,4 ,5

and with all the other channels, we just say "put it on Bravo"

Well thats what my family does, dont know about everyone else

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