Sky to revamp EPG with new categories
Sky's electronic programme guide (EPG) is about to get an overhaul. As the number of channels on the digital satellite platform has exploded, so too has the need to re-order and re-group them on the EPG.
The 'old' EPG had 10 categories of programming in the main menu. The new EPG will re-group Sky's 480 channels—340 more than the number available when Sky Digital launched in 1998—over 16 categories, with new categories for lifestyle, religion, shopping, gaming and adult channels, and new separate categories for documentaries and radio stations.
The new EPG will have two menu pages instead of one.
According to Broadcast magazine, broadcasters were due to be told this week which new category will house their channel. Some channels will have to be re-numbered.
Broadcast said channel providers would be able to review which category they are allocated over the summer before the new EPG line-up is finally agreed by the end of the year.
Broadcast quoted a Sky spokesman as saying: "These enhancements are designed to improve navigability for viewers and to assist Sky to meet continued demand for EPG slots. Better signposting will help make it easier for viewers to find the programme and channels that they want to watch."
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