Creating a channellist file for tvguide.com , four steps:
!! only works in program version 3.1.7.1 or above!!

Step 1: Create a list of available countries
in config , channel section add this channel, remove or disable al other channels
<channel update="i" site="tvguide.com" site_id="" xmltv_id="dummy">dummy</channel>
use <update>c1</update>
run 
Result in tvguide.com.channels.c1.xml .. 
any of these country can be used in step 2

Step 2:  Create a list of provider for the selected country
in config, replace the 'channel' of step 1 with any in the result of step 1
example ...
<channel update="i" site="tvguide.com" site_id="BOL" xmltv_id="Bolivia">Bolivia</channel>
use <update>c2</update>
run 
Result in tvguide.com.channels.c2.xml .. 
This is the channellist file for the selected country and the selected provider.

Step 1 and 2 exclude the channels for USA. For USA use step 3 and 4

Step 3: Create a list of providers for a given zip code
in config, channel section add this channel, remove or disable al other channels
<channel update="i" site="tvguide.com" site_id="xxxx" xmltv_id="dummy">dummy</channel>
replace "xxxx" with your zipcode, eg site_id="10001"
use <update>c3</update>
run 
Result in tvguide.com.channels.c3.xml .. a list of providers for the selected zip

Step 4: Create a channellist for a selected provider.
in config, replace the 'channel' of step 3 with any in the result of step 3
use <update>c4</update>
run 
Result in tvguide.com.channels.c4.xml , A channellist of the available channels for the selected provider for your zip code