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==Current applications==

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Interactive program guides are nearly ubiquitous in most broadcast media today. EPGs can be made available through television (on [[set-top box]]es and all current digital TV receivers), [[mobile phone]]s (particularly through [[smartphone]] [[mobile app|apps]]), and on the Internet. Online TV Guides are becoming more ubiquitous, with over 7seven million searches for "TV Guide" being logged each month on [[Google]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Looking for TV Genius? |url=http://www.tvgenius.net/resources/white-papers/online-tv-guide-optimisation/ |website=TV Genius |publisher=Red Bee Media |access-date=October 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213050201/http://www.tvgenius.net/resources/white-papers/online-tv-guide-optimisation/ |archive-date=December 13, 2011 }}</ref>

For television, IPG support is built into almost all modern receivers for digital cable, [[Direct-broadcast satellite|digital satellite]], and over-the-air [[digital television|digital broadcasting]]. They are also commonly featured in digital video recorders such as [[TiVo]] and [[MythTV]]. Higher-end receivers for [[digital radio|digital broadcast radio]] and digital [[satellite radio]] commonly feature built-in IPGs as well.