Well, it had a wierd number... Historically, for some reason, it got 7998101 rather than 7998004, and that just stuck. The general idea with the recent change was to get all the channels sync'd up for consistency, and with the vast majority on the emulator it was no big deal to change...
As for where you're at... First, you can probably switch to the emulator with no disruption. I did this several months back, and all my season passes, shows, everything, were preserved. That being said, it may not be necessary. I ran into exactly your issue back when Hallmark changed to Disney, around January or so. I ended up doing a clear/delete all to resolve it, but subsequently I think I figured out the problem. There are entries in the DB referring to the old UKTV FSID, you have to get rid of them first before changing the FSID. So go through your Now Playing, season passes, to do list, suggestions, etc., and delete anything relating to UKTV. I think (no guarantees here) that this will allow you to make the change. But again, I also think that you can migrate to the emulator without any fuss; I had no troubles at all when I did this, and haven't looked back since.
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