[Technologist]

It would make sense for channels listed on an EPG on Freeview, Satellite and Cable, regardless of how they're delivered, to have to comply to the broadcasting code on quality and impartiality at least (perhaps fair enough to have flexibility around ads and funding rules). Beyond that it's more of a grey area.

so you are not deeming an IP delivered EPG as an EPG .... worthly of content regulation!
and how do you define an EPG?
noting
- that the UK DTT platform has had more than one at any time which viewers could choose to use (or not)
- the first international specification for EPG assumed multiple EPGs
- Ceefax was changed so as not to be an EPG...
and surely www.radiotimes.com  is a EPG (currently un regulated)

it might be a good idea to ensure that EPG technology conforms to an open and international standard.
But what we think of a a EPG is more a Service guide ... usually working from DVB-SI.
Or to mandate that every item has a EIDR code!

I agree that a good starting point for content regulation is though a discovery method
- but is the grid going to die in the face of many thousands of programmes being availble...

Just as discovery has been talked about for many years - how is public service media ,
which it is presumed needs some prominence, going to be defined ?????
......that has been a long campaign in the EBU!

Thats is why I said that EPG regulation was going to be difficult !