Theres reasons for most of them being where they are.
CNN BOUGHT the right to be there, ahead of the other News channels
The MAIN Sports channels are in the 205-220 area, the 600's is for Sports Package RSN's ect.
Playboy is the only one out of order, and thats only if it's not in the high 575 and up, haven't looked to see where it's going to.
Regardless if if it's a paid channel position, it's still out of order. I would like a complete overhaul
2-100 locals (move DNS to 70s-100)
100-499 "regular cable channels" group them logically, CNN paid for 202? Fine. Make the news channels start at 200. It's manageable.
-also mirror Spanish channels that make sense to be near their English counterparts (ESPN Deportes, Fox Deports, Nat Geo Mundo, etc) but also keep them together somewhere, like 450-500. They are a mess now! I am not opposed to CBNC and TRUTV having mirrors later on, too, as sports alternates, so that sports stay with sports.
500-550 Sports Networks (space them out to allow for inevitable changes) Group them logically, ESPNs together, All soccer channels, MLB, NHL, NBA, NFL in a row, etc.
550-699 RSN (I'm torn if the alts should be with the parent channels, or all together like Dish. I see advantages to each, and disadvantages)
700-750 All Sports packages (move all the soccer stuff here, too)
750-800 all the dumb crap they've got tucked in there like "private networks" etc.
900s Sonic
1000s on demand
2000s International (I am not familiar with this - I'll just leave it alone)
I don't mind the shopping channels tucked in there as filler, as long as they are mirrored together somewhere. With a favorites list, they can go away, and they create revenue for D*. While I am not naive to think it will lower my bill, I would like to hope that they help reduce increases a little.
This method is used by TWC cable in my area. It's actually nice, in theory. It creates gaps, but that's okay because new/rebranded channels don't mess up the order. What they do that makes ABSOLUTELY no sense is place the on-demand in with the basic channels and separate the HD to the 1000s. (Uverse uses this method, too.) I have never heard a GOOD reason to separate the HD/SD channels like cable.
TWC's crappy equipment makes it unuseable, but I think Directv should do a massive revamp in a semi-similar manner to make things easier to find. Since we have no real search feature, this would be great. The current search system just doesn't work in a way that makes sense to me, so I have given up with it.
