##
$tss{$ch[0]}{$id}={
start=>$start,
stop=>$stop
};
####
for(keys(%the_hash)){
my $ch=$_;
my @a=keys(%{$tss{$ch}});
my $tid=pop(@a);
my $s=$tss{$ch}{$tid}{'start'};
my $st=$tss{$ch}{$tid}{'stop'};
foreach(keys(%{$tss{$ch}})){my $k=$_;
if($tss{$ch}{$k}{'start'} eq $s and $tss{$ch}{$k}{'stop'} eq $st #and $_ ne $tid
){
delete($tss{$ch}{$k});
}
..... and so on