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Electronic program guide

Electronic programming guides (EPGs) and interactive programming guides (IPGs) are menu-based systems that provide users of television, radio, and other media applications with continuously updated menus that display scheduling information for current and upcoming broadcast programming (most commonly, TV listings). Some guides also feature backward scroll…

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Electronic program guide

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples13
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

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television guide tv information data epg programming satellite interactive channel ipgs also digital ipg electronic cable radio program video guides

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
a keypadinstance ofchannel or genre using an input device0.80text
computer keyboard or television remote controlinstance ofchannel or genre using an input device0.80text
TiVoinstance ofThey are also commonly featured in digital video recorders0.80text
MythTVinstance ofThey are also commonly featured in digital video recorders0.80text
Microsoft in their Windows Media Center to use an Internet connection to acquire data for their built-in IPGsinstance ofto access listings and content from over-the-top services.A growing trend is for manufacturers such as Elgato and Topfield and software developers0.80text
media downloadsinstance ofThis enables greater interactivity with the IPG0.80text
series recordinginstance ofThis enables greater interactivity with the IPG0.80text
programming of the recordings for the IPG remotelyinstance ofThis enables greater interactivity with the IPG0.80text
display formatsinstance ofalong with flags for technical and access features0.80text
closed captioninginstance ofalong with flags for technical and access features0.80text
Descriptive Video Serviceinstance ofalong with flags for technical and access features0.80text
favorite channel listsinstance ofThey must also include user configuration information0.80text

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