# Orbit TV programming bible

Approved by Paul on 1 November 2026. Channels are presets matched against each viewer's own library, never bundled content.

The bible holds 25 presets, and only three have numbers: 101, 102 and 103. The rest stay unnumbered until you map them, as you said on 1 November. Example titles guide matching, and no user is expected to own them all. Users can accept, remove, edit, rename or replace any preset.

### Entertainment and comedy

| Channel | Identity | Example titles | Look |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orbit 1 (101) | Family favourites and relaxed entertainment | Sitcoms, comfort TV, familiar classics | Orbit blue, silver, soft cyan |
| Orbit 2 | Discovery, cult TV, forgotten favourites | Game shows, documentaries, cult TV | Silver, purple, dark blue |
| Orbit Three | BBC Three-era and Scottish comedy | Still Game, Limmy's Show, Mighty Boosh, Two Pints, Gary: Tank Commander, Family Guy; from your earlier list, Gavin & Stacey, Little Britain | Magenta, purple, geometric type |
| Orbit Gold | Classic British comedy | Only Fools and Horses, Father Ted, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers; from your earlier list, Ghosts, The Good Life, The Green Green Grass, Vicar of Dibley, Porridge, Taskmaster, 8 Out of 10 Cats | Warm gold, charcoal |
| Riot | Adult animation, North American sitcoms, alternative comedy | South Park, The Simpsons, It's Always Sunny, Trailer Park Boys, Friends, How I Met Your Mother | Lime, hot pink, cyan, purple, torn-paper collage |

### Animation

| Channel | Identity | Example titles | Look |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vortex (103, shown today as Toonami) | Action anime and Toonami-style blocks | DBZ, Naruto, Gundam Wing, Yu Yu Hakusho, Samurai Jack | Brushed chrome, blue, electric purple |
| ToonZ | Traditional cartoons across generations | Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Flintstones, Jetsons, Popeye | Yellow, cyan, pink graffiti Z |
| Rewind | 90s and 2000s after-school animation | Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Scooby-Doo, Courage, Ed Edd n Eddy, Recess, The Powerpuff Girls | Orange, yellow, purple, CRT and VHS |
| Orbit X | 80s and 90s action cartoons | Digimon, Gargoyles, Transformers, Power Rangers, He-Man, ThunderCats, Biker Mice from Mars | Silver, red X, black |
| Heroes | Superhero animation | Batman TAS, Superman TAS, Spider-Man 1994, X-Men, Batman Beyond, Spider-Man Unlimited | Silver, deep red, royal blue, skyline |

### Films

| Channel | Identity | Example titles | Look |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wonder | Traditional animated family films and fairy tales | Aladdin, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast | Midnight blue, lavender, gold |
| PixelZ | CGI family films | Toy Story, Monsters Inc., A Bug's Life, Shrek, The Incredibles | Cyan, lime, purple, rounded 3D type |
| Orbit VHS | Nostalgic 80s and 90s films | Back to the Future, The Goonies, Gremlins, The Lost Boys | Tape labels, rainbow stripes |
| Orbit Sci-Fi | Science fiction films and series | Space, time travel, futuristic adventures | Chrome, blue, cyan, planets |
| Orbit Horror | Horror cinema | Slashers, supernatural, creature features | Crimson, black, moonlight |
| Orbit After Dark (102) | Late-night cult cinema and mature programming | Horror, cult films, midnight selections | Silver crescent, magenta orbit, lit skyline (approved) |
| Orbit Action | Action and adventure films | Thrillers, martial arts, blockbusters | Red, orange, steel |
| Orbit Romance | Romance and feel-good films | Romantic comedies | Pink, rose, sunset gold |
| Orbit Premiere | Featured films and special presentations | Movie nights, themed weekends | Gold, black, marquee lights |

### Factual, drama and wrestling

| Channel | Identity | Example titles | Look |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dark Files | Non-fiction crime, mystery and paranormal | Cold cases, forensic documentaries, unexplained phenomena | Midnight navy, steel grey, evidence red |
| Terra | Nature and wildlife | Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Frozen Planet | Ocean blue, forest green, turquoise |
| Odyssey | Science, history, exploration | Engineering, geography, astronomy documentaries | Expedition blue, teal, silver, gold |
| Evidence | Scripted crime and procedurals | CSI, NCIS | Navy, steel blue, forensic cyan, evidence yellow |
| Paradox | Cult sci-fi, supernatural and mystery series | The X-Files, Buffy, Supernatural, Fringe, modern Doctor Who | Indigo, purple, magenta, teal, VHS distortion |
| Ring X | Wrestling television and events | WWF/WWE, WCW, ECW, TNA, AEW, classic PPVs | Chrome, red X, dark arena, trusses |

### Keeping similar channels apart

Overlap is allowed, with one primary channel per title by default. Explicit user placement always wins.

| Pair | The dividing line |
| --- | --- |
| Dark Files, Evidence, Paradox | Non-fiction, scripted crime, and fictional supernatural or mystery series |
| Paradox, Orbit Sci-Fi | Cult mystery series, and broader science fiction |
| Orbit Horror, After Dark | Horror films, and wider late-night cult films |
| Orbit Three, Riot | British and Scottish comedy, and North American or adult animation |
| Wonder, PixelZ | Traditional animation, and CGI. Any film can be reassigned. |
| Terra, Odyssey | Natural world, and human discovery. Blue Planet may cross over. |

If metadata can't separate documentary from fiction, the title goes to the user for review and isn't classified silently.

### Suggested programming rules

These are defaults that can be changed or turned off. None of them can run on today's schedule engine, as the roadmap explains.

| Channel | When | Programming |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ring X | Monday | Monday Night Wars: Attitude Era and Nitro, chronological where metadata supports it |
| Ring X | Tuesday | Impact Night: classic TNA and Impact |
| Ring X | Wednesday | AEW television and specials |
| Ring X | Thursday to Sunday | Wrestling Vault: PPVs, ECW, historic matches, themed marathons |
| Dark Files | Daytime | Crime documentaries and investigations |
| Dark Files | Early evening | Unsolved mysteries and unusual historical cases |
| Dark Files | Mid-evening to late night | Paranormal and darker documentaries |

Ring X shouldn't claim a chronological match without enough promotion, date or event metadata to prove it. Clock times stay undefined until the engine work is designed.