Is the name Sky "Electronic Programme Guide" dated?

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• Nigel Goodwin Posts: 58,506

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  17/12/10 - 20:49 #2

  Do you thing the TLA BBC is dated as well?, 'British' is so old fachioned
  
  EPG makes perfect sense, does what it says, it would be stupid to try and change it (bit like trying to change the name of the Post Office!).

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• bbv Posts: 519

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  18/12/10 - 13:31 #3

  It's dated for sure but it's one of those terms that will stick, like the shop Carphone Warehouse for example.
  
  Its a term used by all set top boxes, not just sky though.

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• SteveMcK Posts: 5,457

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  18/12/10 - 14:31 #4

  Richardcoulter wrote: »

  ...also how else do they believe that we think it was powered...gas lol

  There's still the Radio Times in both paper & electronic form, so the Sky one is well-enough named.

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• fastest finger Posts: 12,872

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  20/12/10 - 12:19 #5

  Richardcoulter wrote: »

  I think that the name "Electronic" programme Guide was dated at it's inception.
  
  IIRC Sky first used it in 1998. The name reminds me of a 1970's description of an "Electronic" calculator.
  
  ...also how else do they believe that we think it was powered...gas lol
  
  Having said that, what else could it be called?

  
  I don't think I recall Sky actually referring to it as the "Sky Electronic Programme Guide" - it seems to be us users that use the term "EPG"
  
  Sky themselves used to use "Sky Guide" and more recently "TV Guide"

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• Richardcoulter Posts: 30,335

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  21/12/10 - 14:44 #6

  Nigel Goodwin wrote: »

  Do you thing the TLA BBC is dated as well?, 'British' is so old fachioned
  
  EPG makes perfect sense, does what it says, it would be stupid to try and change it (bit like trying to change the name of the Post Office!).

  
  I think it would be pointless to try and change it now.
  

  bbv wrote: »

  It's dated for sure but it's one of those terms that will stick, like the shop Carphone Warehouse for example.
  
  Its a term used by all set top boxes, not just sky though.

  
  It was Sky who used it first in 1998. I believe others followed suit.

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• omnidirectional Posts: 18,820

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  21/12/10 - 16:56 #7

  Richardcoulter wrote: »

  I think it would be pointless to try and change it now.
  
  
  
  It was Sky who used it first in 1998. I believe others followed suit.

  
  It was first used in 1981 in the USA; Electronic Program Guide was a channel on cable networks showing on screen TV listings. It has evolved into TV Guide Network today.

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• technologist Posts: 13,378

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  21/12/10 - 16:57 #8

  Richardcoulter wrote: »

  t was Sky who used it first in 1998. I believe others followed suit.

  
  EPG was quite a common phrase in the mid 1990s - And I think it was in the D2MAC sepc of 1992/3 .
  there is also
  ETS 300 707
  Electronic Programme Guide (EPG); Protocol for a TV Guide using electronic data transmission May 1997
  
  which is also known at NexTVieW.

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• Richardcoulter Posts: 30,335

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  22/12/10 - 15:02 #9

  Were Sky the first to put it into common usage in the UK?
  
  The NexTVieW idea is very good.

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• StuartPlymouth Posts: 1,583

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  23/12/10 - 12:56 #10

  It's a generic term, so it's here to stay, despite the fact that they are more than just a 'guide' these days.
  
  Technically, I suppose it's really a "Programme Schedule and Recording Interface".....but I'm sure some of the more clever DSers can come up with something which abbreviates to a far more interesting combination than PSRI....:D

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