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electronic programme guide

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noun

  1.  EPG.  an on-screen guide that enables viewers of digital television to select programmes using a hand-held device

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And yet the days of turning on your TV and finding an electronic programme guide listing channels – with BBC1 and BBC2 at the top, then ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – are disappearing.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

But the day is slowly dawning when we choose channels one by one from a menu of apps rather than a bundle offered by the electronic programme guide.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2013

Frankly, it was busy work, as you might imagine from the most casual trawl through the electronic programme guide.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2011

In a bid to highlight its entertainment credentials, the broadcasterIt is moving Sky1, Sky Living and Sky Atlantic to the top of the Sky Digital electronic programme guide.

From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2010

Take, for example, TV's idea of an EPG or "electronic programme guide": a crude grid plotting channels against times, through which one has to scroll endlessly like a lost zombie.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2010