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[[File:Mythbuntu Program Guide.png|thumb|330px|right|Electronic program guide interface in [[MythTV]].]]

'''Electronic program guides''' ('''EPGs''') and '''interactive program guides''' ('''IPGs''') are menu-based systems that provide users of television, [[radio]] and other media applications with continuously updated menus displayingthat scheduledisplay scheduling information for current and upcoming [[broadcast programming]] (most commonly, [[TV listings|television program listings information]] for television programs). Some guides also feature backward scrolling to promote their catch up content. They are commonly known as '''guides''' or '''TV guides'''.

Non-interactive electronic program guides (sometimes known as "navigation software") are typically available for television and radio, and consist of a digitally displayed, non-interactive menu of program scheduling information shown by a [[cable television|cable]] or [[satellite television]] provider to its viewers on a dedicated channel. EPGs are transmitted by specialized video [[Character generator|character generation]] (CG) equipment housed within each such provider's central [[cable television headend|headend]] facility. By tuning into an EPG channel, a menu is displayed that lists current and upcoming [[television program]]s on all available channels.