If you'd actually read the article, you'd have noticed the bit that said :
"Back in the day, these machines contracted out their EPG to 4TV which would provide them with a proprietary seven-day EPG at a time when Freeview wasn't broadcasting such information at all. When Freeview subsequently began transmitting a free-to-air eight-day EPG, the 4TV offering was extended to 14 days."
This proprietry EPG is from before the standard DVB EPG ever existed.
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Er, we DO use a standard DVB EPG !
Jesus.
If you'd actually read the article, you'd have noticed the bit that said :
"Back in the day, these machines contracted out their EPG to 4TV which would provide them with a proprietary seven-day EPG at a time when Freeview wasn't broadcasting such information at all. When Freeview subsequently began transmitting a free-to-air eight-day EPG, the 4TV offering was extended to 14 days."
This proprietry EPG is from before the standard DVB EPG ever existed.