The files are exactly the same
Please describe the problem again.
You have only one section, but the xml file has that to 0, so even if you had more than one section in favourite "provider", they wouldn't show anyway.
You have told it to create a main bouquet in favouriote "provider".
You have not attached your debug log. I did ask before. I m guessing you don't want the sections in the other providers. If this is the case, then please confirm. favourite.xml will not affect those. As I said before, disable the create the bouquets/sections for the individual providers. You can run an ABM provider without creating the bouquets for that provider and use the channels in ABM favourites.
Upload the debug log to avoid the guess work.
Also enable the "add provider prefix to bouquets" so that any misunderstandings will be easy for you to see
I suggest you change the top part of your file to the following so that there is less confusion
<favourites>
<name>Apocentre</name>
<sections>
<section number="1">Apo 1 section only</section>
</sections>
Try the following file, layout will be somewhat easier to see/use