This post is to highlight a next generation clash notification issue, so that it can be added to Youview's backlog for correction, if it hasn't already been included. The notification issue concerns split programmes and is similar to the series clash issue that I seem to remember has already been mentioned on this site.

Some programmes are split into two with a short break in between. Providing the broadcaster defines the metadata behind the guide correctly setting one part to record will also record the other part providing their are no recording clashes. The issue is that if there is a recording clash for the other part of the split programme then, unlike old gen, the next generation software does not report a clash. The result will be that the youview box just record 1 part of the split programme.

To reproduce locate a split programme from a chanel that is reliable for split recordings e.g. from ITV4 or (now!) Channel 5 then set recording schedules for 2 programmes that overlap just the second part but not the first part and the try to set a recording by selecting the first part in the guide.