These will also require users to pay an annual subscription fee and setup an account with them. However, you should pay extra attention in this step because there may be many channels that MC will fail to match because different EPG data use different ways to present channel names (some use heavily abbreviated form, while some use fully spelled-out names, TNT vs. MC will download the data and try its best to map the new XMLTV IDs to your channels.

It will take a few seconds after you enter your credentials, so please be patient. Inside MC you choose Perc Data option during setup, and MC will prompt you to enter your account name and password with Perc Data. In MC you can map the same data to both the OTA channel and its cable counterpart. For example, if you use both OTA channels and cable channels, you can sign up only the cable lineup because cable providers usually include over-the-air local channels. Please do not choose more lineups than you need in the interest of conserving network resources. You will choose your TV lineup on their website after you sign up for service. Please check with Perc Data for availability in countries other than the USA. Perc Data is a commercial product and you need to set up an account with them and pay an annual subscription fee. It should also work in DVB countries (Australia, European countries etc.). As far as I know, this should work for North America (United States, Canada, etc.) and South Korea, where the TV standard is ATSC. The availability and reliability depends on your TV stations. This should continue to work if it has worked for you previously. Over-the-air EPG loading still works for over-the-air channels. Other than the Over-the-air solution, all alternatives require users to pay a subscription fee to the respective provider. With Microsoft ending Windows 7 support, the EPG data has also ended, unfortunately.

We have enjoyed free data for many years thanks to Microsoft. As you may have discovered, the default EPG solution 'mc2xml' stopped working December 31, 2019.

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