A new
Electronic Program Guide allows viewers to see what is coming up on their favourite channels and what is going to play up to seven days in advance.
The initial offer will include a wide variety of broadcast channels, video on demand,
electronic program guide and personal video recorder capabilities.
Sky One, Sky News and Sky Sports News were pulled from Virgin's subscribers and Virgin replaced the names of the Sky channels on its
electronic program guide with spoof names.
3) High-resolution (1920 x 1080 dots)
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)(*6) screen
At his keynote speech at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates reiterated his commitment to the digital home and announced that the Media Center will serve as a personal video recorder (PVB)--also known as a digital video recorder (DVR)--and operate under a common
electronic program guide (EPG).
"You don't need subscription service for manual program scheduling and recording of television programs, but subscription would be required for advance program scheduling and recording using the
Electronic Program Guide and its updating services."
Spiral 1 includes the following SBM functions: manual beam planning, dynamic beam allocation within enclaves, independent broadcast streams (scalable), and mission satisfaction reports; it also includes the following RBM functions: auto-FTP push,
electronic program guide, and disk space management.
Sonic PrimeTime's large on-screen menus combined with the Media Center
electronic program guide make it simple for Toshiba users with Media Center Edition PCs to browse and select their favorite shows and record them to DVDs that can be played back on standard set-top DVD players and PCs.
The company also launched other new products at the Consumer Electronics Show, including new portable music players, ambient lighting and a hard disk/DVD recorder with a built-in
electronic program guide.
Matav is providing an
electronic program guide and video-on-demand and plans to launch a range of additional interactive applications including email and games.
Gemstar International Group Ltd, the
electronic program guide and consumer electronic application developer, has agreed to merge with TV Guide Inc, in a transaction valued at $9.2bn based on Gemstar's stock price at close of market on October 1, including assumed debt of around $600m.
StarSight is an up-to-date
electronic program guide with the built-in capability to select and record programs with the touch of one button.