[Keith]

The idea is that everything is available on the one EPG …is t any stranger than all BBC tv regions which there are now in DSAT.

With regards to the EPG I think it would help if Freeview and Freely used the same channel numbers. I think this would help viewers in migrating to Freely, and also if they have a combination of TVs in the house. It would also make it less confusing if for whatever reason a Freely device was used without streaming enabled.

The only difference in numbers might have to be to BBC One/Two, ITV1, Channel 4, and Channel 5. Even then, Freeview were supposed to be rolling out a channel swap for SD/HD version on modern Freeview equipment. If implemented this would mean that most viewers would be used to seeing BBC One HD on channel 1, with the SD version on 101 (or equivalent), whilst older boxes would only see the SD version on channel 1.