diff --git a/src/channels.c b/src/channels.c
index 521a6e0f5..f8c15a946 100644
--- a/src/channels.c
+++ b/src/channels.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ channel_find_by_name(const char *name)
 
 /// Copy name without space and (U)HD suffix, lowercase in to a new
 /// buffer
-static char *
+char *
 channel_make_fuzzy_name(const char *name)
 {
   if (!name) return NULL;
@@ -632,17 +632,27 @@ channel_make_fuzzy_name(const char *name)
   const char *ch = name;
 
   for (; *ch ; ++ch) {
+	/* Strip trailing 'SD'. */
+	if (*ch == 'S' && *(ch+1) == 'D' && *(ch+2) == 0)
+	  break;
     /* Strip trailing 'HD'. */
     if (*ch == 'H' && *(ch+1) == 'D' && *(ch+2) == 0)
       break;
+    /* Strip trailing 'FHD'. */
+    if (*ch == 'F' && *(ch+1) == 'H' && *(ch+2) == 'D' && *(ch+3) == 0)
+      break;
     /* Strip trailing 'UHD'. */
     if (*ch == 'U' && *(ch+1) == 'H' && *(ch+2) == 'D' && *(ch+3) == 0)
       break;
-    /* Strip trailing 'FHD'. */
-    if (*ch == 'F' && *(ch+1) == 'H' && *(ch+2) == 'D' && *(ch+3) == 0)
+    /* Strip trailing '4K'. */
+    if (*ch == '4' && *(ch+1) == 'K' && *(ch+2) == 0)
       break;
+    /* Strip trailing '8K'. */
+    if (*ch == '8' && *(ch+1) == 'K' && *(ch+2) == 0)
+      break;
+
 
-    if (!isspace(*ch)) {
+    if (!isspace(*ch) && *ch!='.' && *ch!=':' && *ch!=';' && *ch!=',' && *ch!='_' && *ch!='-' ) {
       *ch_fuzzy++ = tolower(*ch);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/channels.h b/src/channels.h
index 7b377487d..bfd83a17a 100644
--- a/src/channels.h
+++ b/src/channels.h
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ int channel_set_icon ( channel_t *ch, const char *icon );
 
 const char *channel_get_epgid ( channel_t *ch );
 
+char *channel_make_fuzzy_name(const char *name);
+
 #define channel_get_uuid(ch,ub) idnode_uuid_as_str(&(ch)->ch_id, ub)
 
 #define channel_get_id(ch)    idnode_get_short_uuid((&(ch)->ch_id))
diff --git a/src/epggrab/channel.c b/src/epggrab/channel.c
index 2bda67fd8..102ac8fd0 100644
--- a/src/epggrab/channel.c
+++ b/src/epggrab/channel.c
@@ -82,14 +82,25 @@ int epggrab_channel_match_name ( epggrab_channel_t *ec, channel_t *ch )
   if (name == NULL)
     return 0;
 
-  if (ec->name && !strcasecmp(ec->name, name))
-    return 1;
+  char *ch_fuzzy_name = channel_make_fuzzy_name(name);
+  const char *chid = channel_get_epgid(ch);
+  char *chid_fuzzy_name = chid ? channel_make_fuzzy_name(chid) : NULL;
+
+  if (ec->name)
+  {
+	  char *ec_fuzzy_name = channel_make_fuzzy_name(ec->name);
+	  if(!strcmp(ec_fuzzy_name, ch_fuzzy_name)) return 1;
+	  if(chid_fuzzy_name && !strcmp(ec_fuzzy_name, chid_fuzzy_name) ) return 1; //macth chid with ec->name
+  }
 
   if (ec->names)
     HTSMSG_FOREACH(f, ec->names)
       if ((s = htsmsg_field_get_str(f)) != NULL)
-        if (!strcasecmp(s, name))
-          return 1;
+      {
+    	  char *s_fuzzy_name = channel_make_fuzzy_name(s);
+    	  if(!strcmp(s_fuzzy_name, ch_fuzzy_name)) return 1;
+    	  if(chid_fuzzy_name && !strcmp(s_fuzzy_name, chid_fuzzy_name) ) return 1; //macth chid with ec->names
+      }
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -195,6 +206,7 @@ epggrab_channel_map ( idnode_t *ec, idnode_t *ch, void *origin )
   return epggrab_channel_link((epggrab_channel_t *)ec, (channel_t *)ch, origin);
 }
 
+
 /* Set name */
 int epggrab_channel_set_name ( epggrab_channel_t *ec, const char *name )
 {
@@ -288,20 +300,16 @@ static int
 epggrab_channel_autolink( epggrab_channel_t *ec )
 {
   channel_t *ch;
+  int found=1;
 
   CHANNEL_FOREACH(ch)
-    if (epggrab_channel_match_epgid(ec, ch))
+    if (epggrab_channel_match_epgid(ec, ch)
+    		|| epggrab_channel_match_name(ec, ch)
+			|| epggrab_channel_match_number(ec, ch))
       if (epggrab_channel_link(ec, ch, NULL))
-        return 1;
-  CHANNEL_FOREACH(ch)
-    if (epggrab_channel_match_name(ec, ch))
-      if (epggrab_channel_link(ec, ch, NULL))
-        return 1;
-  CHANNEL_FOREACH(ch)
-    if (epggrab_channel_match_number(ec, ch))
-      if (epggrab_channel_link(ec, ch, NULL))
-        return 1;
-  return 0;
+        found=1;
+
+  return found;
 }
 
 /* Channel settings updated */