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Line 1: ::'''''EPG''' redirects here, for other uses of the acronym see [[EPG (disambiguation)]]''. [[Image:Sky_EPG.jpg\|frame\|right\|The [[Sky Digital (UK)\|Sky Digital]] EPG in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland]].]] An '''electronic program(me) guide''' (or '''~~programme~~EPG''') ~~and~~or ~~sometimes~~also an '''~~service'''~~interactive program(me) ~~'''~~guide''' ('''~~EPG~~IPG''') or ~~also an~~ '''~~interactive~~electronic ~~program(me)~~service guide''' or ('''~~IPG~~ESG'''), is a on-screen guide to scheduled broadcast television programs, allowing a viewer to navigate, select, and discover content by time, title, channel, genre, etc., ~~using~~by ~~his~~use orof ~~her~~his remote control., a keyboard or even a [[cellphone]] keypad. The technology is based upon [[broadcasting]] data to an application usually residing within [[middleware]] in a [[set-top box]] which connects to the television set and enables the application to be displayed. The technology is predominant in the [[digital television]] and [[digital radio\|radio]] world, but equally EPGs exist that rely upon analogue technology (using the VBI—or [[vertical blanking interval]]). These signals may arrive via [[cable television\|cable TV]], [[satellite television\|satellite TV]], [[cable radio]], [[satellite radio]], or via over-the-air terrestrial [[broadcast station]]s.

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