Top 15 TVG Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

TVG is a Windows (XP, Vista) program to display and search television show listings downloaded with XMLTV which, for North America, requires a subscription to Schedules Direct. TVG is free software released under the GPL.
Features

View listings either as a horizontal grid, vertical grid, or a list
Setup wizard makes it easy to setup and configure XMLTV
Easily schedule XMLTV to download new listings automatically
Highlight shows you watch regularly with a color of your choice so they stand out
Set recurring reminders for shows you watch regularly
Quickly see what movies are on over the next day or week
Flexible search allows you to find shows by many different criteria (title, subtitle, description, credits, category, episode number)
Schedule shows to be recorded with Windows Media Center (MCE 2005 or Vista) directly from TVG even if you don't use TVG on your MCE computer
Create as many searches as you want with whatever criteria you want and choose which searches will be used to populate your My Schedule list (use it to show you what's on today that you're interested in for example).
Export your My Schedule list as HTML or Plain Text
Links to IMDB for movies to look them up quickly
Displays icons for channels that have them next to the channels name in the grid
Supports custom plugins
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