Identify the interface first
The official text page explicitly identifies itself as Pagina 501 and provides programme-information references under labels such as TV OGGI and TV DOMANI. It also lists channel names beside other page numbers, including Rai Movie and Rai Premium. The surrounding page label is the important clue: these are references within Televideo.
Do not type one of those numbers into a Canadian channel selector and expect the named Italian service. Another television system can independently use the same number for something else. Similar digits across two interfaces do not establish shared numbering or a shared programme lineup.
Today and tomorrow are guide categories
OGGI means today and DOMANI means tomorrow. They indicate which information page to consult, rather than a promise that one page number always means the currently playing programme. Open the relevant page and read its own date and channel headings before using any listed appointment.
If you saved a screenshot, keep its date visible. A screenshot copied into a family chat can outlive the day it described. A later viewer should not have to guess whether “today” refers to the original capture, the forwarded message or the date on which they opened it.
Keep three different numbers separate
A useful note can contain a Televideo page, a television service name and a position in your own guide. Write what each number does. For example, “programme information page” identifies a lookup reference; “my guide position” identifies where a verified service appears in your own interface.
The work’s episode number is a third kind of information again. Do not strip away all labels and leave one unexplained number beside a programme title. That makes a simple note harder to reuse and can cause a household member to look for an episode as though it were a channel.
Report the actual lookup problem
If a page has the wrong date, report the dated information problem. If your guide opens another service, identify the channel-mapping problem. If a programme differs from a planned schedule, retain both the original listing and what you observed. These are separate comparisons.
Televideo is useful publisher information, but its index does not prove Canadian carriage, a playable digital stream or a permanent appointment. Use the actual current service listing for a viewing plan and the intended product for access. Keeping page references and channel positions distinct preserves what the official index really tells you.
Related questions
Is501 a Canadian Rai channel number?
In the cited source it identifies a Televideo information page.
Can the same digits mean different things elsewhere?
Yes. Keep the interface and number’s purpose attached to your note.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- Rai Televideo programme index — Official numbered information-page index, today/tomorrow labels and named channel references; no channel-position inference.
