OrbitTv/docs/programming-bible.md

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.