/// <summary>
        /// Checks if a service channel with given id exists in the database.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="channelId">channel guid as string</param>
        /// <returns>true if the channel exists otherwise false</returns>
        protected bool CheckChannelExists(string channelId)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(channelId))
            {
                return(false);
            }

            Guid?chId = channelId.ParseToGuid();

            if (!chId.HasValue)
            {
                return(false);
            }

            return(ChannelService.ChannelExists(chId.Value));
        }