diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4d7b64c0..c5c7fe72 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ Andreas Brachold <vdr04@deltab.de>
  umask settings
  for reporting that there are empty info.vdr files created if there is no EPG
  info available
+ for implementing the SVDRP command MOVC
 
 Manuel Hartl <icecep@gmx.net>
  for suggesting to extend the logging info when starting/stopping timers
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index bbddc4e1..a9ced0a9 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3789,3 +3789,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   creates a VDR that always behaves as if it were called with '--vfat'.
 - Replaced the ':' delimiter between hour and minute in recording file names with
   a '.' under Linux, too. Existing recordings with ':' as delimiter will still work.
+- Implemented the SVDRP command MOVC (thanks to Andreas Brachold).
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index e1364df5..2c567aa1 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 1.79 2005/09/03 12:46:57 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 1.80 2005/09/03 14:09:02 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -1039,8 +1039,51 @@ void cSVDRP::CmdMODT(const char *Option)
 
 void cSVDRP::CmdMOVC(const char *Option)
 {
-  //TODO combine this with menu action (timers must be updated)
-  Reply(502, "MOVC not yet implemented");
+  if (*Option) {
+     if (!Channels.BeingEdited() && !Timers.BeingEdited()) {
+        char *tail;
+        int From = strtol(Option, &tail, 10);
+        if (tail && tail != Option) {
+           tail = skipspace(tail);
+           if (tail && tail != Option) {
+              int To = strtol(tail, NULL, 10);
+              int CurrentChannelNr = cDevice::CurrentChannel();
+              cChannel *CurrentChannel = Channels.GetByNumber(CurrentChannelNr);
+              cChannel *FromChannel = Channels.GetByNumber(From);
+              if (FromChannel) {
+                 cChannel *ToChannel = Channels.GetByNumber(To);
+                 if (ToChannel) {
+                    int FromNumber = FromChannel->Number();
+                    int ToNumber = ToChannel->Number();
+                    if (FromNumber != ToNumber) {
+                       Channels.Move(FromChannel, ToChannel);
+                       Channels.ReNumber();
+                       Channels.SetModified(true);
+                       if (CurrentChannel && CurrentChannel->Number() != CurrentChannelNr)
+                          Channels.SwitchTo(CurrentChannel->Number());
+                       isyslog("channel %d moved to %d", FromNumber, ToNumber);
+                       Reply(250,"Channel \"%d\" moved to \"%d\"", From, To);
+                       }
+                    else
+                       Reply(501, "Can't move channel to same postion");
+                    }
+                 else
+                    Reply(501, "Channel \"%d\" not defined", To);
+                 }
+              else
+                 Reply(501, "Channel \"%d\" not defined", From);
+              }
+           else
+              Reply(501, "Error in channel number");
+           }
+        else
+           Reply(501, "Error in channel number");
+        }
+     else
+        Reply(550, "Channels or timers are being edited - try again later");
+     }
+  else
+     Reply(501, "Missing channel number");
 }
 
 void cSVDRP::CmdMOVT(const char *Option)