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::'''''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 Beta in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland]].]]An '''electronic program''' (or '''programme''') '''guide''' ('''EPG''') or also an '''interactive program(me) guide''' or ('''IPG''') 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 his or her remote control.

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.