A system and method for providing program guide information to subscribers
is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is applied to a satellite
broadcasting system having a first satellite broadcasting a first signal
having a first set of program material and first program guide
information describing at least a portion of said set of program
material, and a second satellite broadcasting a second signal having a
second set of program material and second program guide information
describing at least a portion of said second set of program material,
wherein the first broadcast signal and the second broadcast signal each
include service channels uniquely described by a service channel
identifier. The method comprises the steps of mapping at least a portion
of the first program guide information to a first service channel of the
first broadcast signal; mapping at least a portion of the second program
guide information to a second service channel of the first broadcast
signal, wherein the second service channel is logically offset from the
first service channel; and transmitting the first signal to the
subscriber.