diff --git a/scripts/core/cid.js b/scripts/core/cid.js
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+const file = require('./file')
+const transliteration = require('transliteration')
+
+const cid = {}
+
+cid.generate = function (title, filepath) {
+  const name = parseChannelName(title)
+  const code = parseCountryCode(filepath)
+
+  if (name && code) {
+    const slug = transliteration
+      .transliterate(name)
+      .replace(/\+/gi, 'Plus')
+      .replace(/[^a-z\d]+/gi, '')
+
+    return `${slug}.${code.toLowerCase()}`
+  }
+
+  return null
+}
+
+module.exports = cid
+
+function parseCountryCode(filepath) {
+  if (!filepath) return null
+  const basename = file.basename(filepath)
+  const [code] = basename.split('_') || [null]
+
+  return code
+}
+
+function parseChannelName(title) {
+  return title
+    .trim()
+    .split(' ')
+    .map(s => s.trim())
+    .filter(s => {
+      return !/\[|\]/i.test(s) && !/\((\d+)P\)/i.test(s)
+    })
+    .join(' ')
+}