OrbitTv/docs/replays/cutover-simulation-final.md

Coordinated cutover: simulation on box copies

Cutover moment T = 2026-11-04T15:00 (London).

Ch	Channel	Kept (started by T)	On air at T kept	Unaired bookings dropped	New bookings	New plan ends	Seam	Places corrected
101	Orbit 1	65	yes	352	431	2026-11-11	no gap	39
102	Orbit 2	43	yes	219	258	2026-11-11	no gap	41
103	Orbit Three	57	yes	349	361	2026-11-11	no gap	34
104	Orbit Gold	57	yes	339	345	2026-11-11	no gap	37
105	Riot	69	yes	440	507	2026-11-11	no gap	47
106	Paradox	32	yes	222	227	2026-11-11	no gap	18
107	Evidence	27	yes	164	200	2026-11-11	no gap	33
201	Terra	31	yes	181	190	2026-11-11	no gap	21
202	Odyssey	32	yes	202	221	2026-11-11	no gap	34
203	Orbit Wild	37	yes	225	225	2026-11-11	no gap	25
204	Dark Files	37	yes	226	250	2026-11-11	no gap	43
301	Orbit Premiere	12	yes	60	70	2026-11-11	no gap	0
302	Orbit Action	16	yes	75	87	2026-11-11	no gap	0
303	Orbit Sci-Fi	14	yes	71	83	2026-11-11	no gap	0
304	Orbit Horror	17	yes	81	97	2026-11-11	no gap	0
305	After Dark	14	yes	92	100	2026-11-11	no gap	0
306	Orbit VHS	15	yes	81	97	2026-11-11	no gap	0
307	Orbit Romance	14	yes	75	88	2026-11-11	no gap	0
308	Detour	17	yes	86	101	2026-11-11	no gap	0
309	BritX	17	yes	83	98	2026-11-11	no gap	0
401	Ring X	25	yes	152	177	2026-11-11	no gap	13
601	Vortex	67	yes	407	436	2026-11-11	no gap	81
602	Heroes	73	yes	447	461	2026-11-11	no gap	20
603	Orbit X	72	yes	440	458	2026-11-11	no gap	19
604	Rewind	80	yes	523	658	2026-11-11	no gap	23
605	ToonZ	101	yes	689	899	2026-11-11	no gap	17
611	Orbit Junior	129	yes	814	505	2026-11-11	no gap	46
612	Wonder	16	yes	91	115	2026-11-11	no gap	0
613	PixelZ	17	yes	101	103	2026-11-11	no gap	0
614	Tots	117	yes	681	751	2026-11-11	no gap	36

• New bookings clashing with another channel: 0.
• New bookings carrying a presentation key (special idents): 284.
• "Places corrected" counts shows whose old plan tail had moved past episodes that were only booked, not aired; after the cutover their place is what actually aired.
• Drive-In plan, tickets, choices, failed files and pools: not touched.
• Episode order across the seam: in-order shows never step back and shuffled shows follow their deck on every channel (checked).
• Immediate rollback: restoring the snapshot is seamless while each channel's on-air programme is still playing, because the old and new plans are identical up to its end. That window is 0 to 122 minutes after T, depending on the channel.

Presentation keys and appointments in the rebooked week

• Orbit 2 orbit2.spooky: 6 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 0 min after the hour
• Orbit 2 orbit2.retro: 58 bookings with its key on 7 occasions; first programme 5, 12, 22, 23, 25, 26, 33 min after the hour
• Orbit Three three.scottish: 11 bookings with its key on 2 occasions; first programme 11, 37 min after the hour
• Orbit Gold gold.sunday: 8 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 5 min after the hour
• Riot riot.stunts: 5 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 6 min after the hour
• Riot riot.laughs: 51 bookings with its key on 7 occasions; first programme 5, 5, 9, 18, 18, 19, 22 min after the hour
• Riot riot.afterhours: 96 bookings with its key on 7 occasions; first programme 4, 8, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14 min after the hour
• Evidence event 20-22 (appointment 20:00): 2 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 10 min after the hour
• Terra terra.sunday (appointment 20:00): 2 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 40 min after the hour
• Odyssey event 14-18 (appointment 14:00): 9 bookings with its key on 2 occasions; first programme 9, 10 min after the hour
• Orbit Horror horror.slasher (appointment 20:00): 4 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 13 min after the hour
• After Dark afterdark.bmovie (appointment 21:00): 3 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 19 min after the hour
• After Dark afterdark.drivein (appointment 21:00): 1 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 16 min after the hour
• After Dark afterdark.cult (appointment 21:00): 3 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 3 min after the hour
• Ring X ringx.monday (appointment 18:00): 6 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 13 min after the hour
• Ring X ringx.tuesday (appointment 18:00): 4 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 14 min after the hour
• Ring X ringx.wednesday (appointment 18:00): 4 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 3 min after the hour
• Ring X ringx.thursday (appointment 18:00): 3 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 13 min after the hour
• Ring X ringx.friday (appointment 18:00): 8 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 6 min after the hour
• Ring X ringx.saturday (appointment 18:00): 5 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 5 min after the hour
• Ring X ringx.ppv (appointment 19:00): 1 bookings with its key on 1 occasions; first programme 0 min after the hour
• Vortex vortex.movie: 5 bookings with its key on 2 occasions; first programme 15, 19 min after the hour

PPV Sunday and Joe Bob Saturday

PPV Sunday (Ring X, ringx.ppv):

• 2026-11-08T19:00 to 2026-11-08T22:05: WWE WrestleMania III (184 min, the whole file: true) [event 19-20; next in turn] PPV order: WWE WrestleMania III, WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop, ECW Hardcore Heaven 1996 ... (none has aired yet: true) Joe Bob Saturday (After Dark, afterdark.drivein):
• 2026-11-07T21:16 to 2026-11-07T23:27: The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs / S1 E1 / Tourist Trap (131 min, the whole file: true) [event 21-1; next episode in order, played whole] Joe Bob's last aired episode before T: none yet; the rebooked episode follows it in order.

The Drive-In

• Its plan is read only to avoid clashes, never rewritten: 20 programmes, unchanged.
• Tickets: 3 saved, 0 for screenings after T, each still in the Drive-In plan: true. The tickets file isn't touched.
• New linear bookings on another channel at the same time as a Drive-In film: 0.

Broadcast record and viewing

• Episode, shuffle and film positions are rebuilt from the broadcast record (the aired cursor plus programmes started by T), whether or not anyone watched: 1320 broadcasts kept, of which 40 were also tuned to on the box according to its playback notes.
• Viewing history (playback-notes.txt, 52 programmes tuned to) is never used to move a position and is left untouched.