Comments on: Networks announce Electronic Programme Guide

By: Matthew R

Matthew R — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:49:00 +0000

And now we wait for TiVo.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:33:00 +0000

Personally, I just use the Foxtel digital guide, but with Seven being too stubborn to join up it does get annoying not having their listings.

I have a digital television, how do you access these listings?

By: Neon Kitten

Neon Kitten — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:19:00 +0000

And the "clever country" finally gets digital TV EPGs. The last country in the digital world, in fact, to get what is considered a basic service everywhere else.

And yep, it only took the networks seven years of plummeting viewership to realise that they might get more viewers if people actually knew what was on.

By the way, that last line in the official press release is incorrect. SBS does not offer an EPG, and never has. The ABC is the only network to do so (theirs, due to the usual budgetary limitations, is manually entered by a single staff member and only goes a couple of days ahead).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:02:00 +0000

Well, it only took the morons 7 years! (claps slowly)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:55:00 +0000

Does this mean the end of pay services like iceTV? Ice offers things like remote scheduling from the net to record programs – will this be possible with free guides or is that the bit thats worth the $$$ with iceTV?