diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index c4051b37..f99de8f7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ Ernst F
 Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de>
  for reporting a name clash because of function crc32() in libdtv/libsi/si_parser.c
  when using other libraries that also implement a function by that name
+ for reporting a bug in handling ':' characters in channel names when reading
+ channels.conf
 
 Richard Robson <richard_robson@beeb.net>
  for reporting freezing replay if a timer starts while in Transfer Mode from the
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 37473fda..22c6c524 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2381,3 +2381,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed dropping out of replay mode while viewing a recording that is still
   going on (thanks to Oliver Endriss for reporting and helping to debug this
   one).
+- Fixed handling ':' characters in channel names when reading channels.conf
+  (thanks to Reinhard Nissl for reporting this one).
diff --git a/channels.c b/channels.c
index 58577296..6ff71888 100644
--- a/channels.c
+++ b/channels.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: channels.c 1.13 2003/08/16 09:12:26 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: channels.c 1.14 2003/09/09 18:55:26 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "channels.h"
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ const char *cChannel::ToText(void)
 
 bool cChannel::Parse(const char *s, bool AllowNonUniqueID)
 {
+  bool ok = true;
   if (*s == ':') {
      groupSep = true;
      if (*++s == '@' && *++s) {
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ bool cChannel::Parse(const char *s, bool AllowNonUniqueID)
         vpid  = ppid  = 0;
         apid1 = apid2 = 0;
         dpid1 = dpid2 = 0;
-        bool ok = false;
+        ok = false;
         if (parambuf && sourcebuf && vpidbuf && apidbuf) {
            ok = StringToParameters(parambuf) && (source = cSource::FromString(sourcebuf)) >= 0;
            char *p = strchr(vpidbuf, '+');
@@ -372,13 +373,12 @@ bool cChannel::Parse(const char *s, bool AllowNonUniqueID)
            esyslog("ERROR: channel data not unique!");
            return false;
            }
-        return ok;
         }
      else
         return false;
      }
   strreplace(name, '|', ':');
-  return true;
+  return ok;
 }
 
 bool cChannel::Save(FILE *f)