diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b4eb8df1..e1d550c36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 /app-builds
 /release
 api.js
+epg-worker.js
 main.js
 src/**/*.js
 !src/karma.conf.js
diff --git a/epg-worker.html b/epg-worker.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6fa93f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/epg-worker.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+        <title>Hidden EPG worker</title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <script>
+            require('./epg-worker.js');
+        </script>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/epg-worker.ts b/epg-worker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb4c25c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/epg-worker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+const electron = require('electron');
+const ipcRenderer = electron.ipcRenderer;
+const zlib = require('zlib');
+const parser = require('epg-parser');
+const axios = require('axios');
+import { EpgChannel } from './src/app/player/models/epg-channel.model';
+import { EpgProgram } from './src/app/player/models/epg-program.model';
+import {
+    EPG_ERROR,
+    EPG_FETCH,
+    EPG_FETCH_DONE,
+    EPG_GET_PROGRAM,
+    EPG_GET_PROGRAM_DONE,
+} from './src/app/shared/ipc-commands';
+
+// EPG data store
+let EPG_DATA: { channels: EpgChannel[]; programs: EpgProgram[] };
+const loggerLabel = '[EPG Worker]';
+
+/**
+ * Fetches the epg data from the given url
+ * @param epgUrl url of the epg file
+ */
+const fetchEpgDataFromUrl = (epgUrl: string) => {
+    try {
+        let axiosConfig = {};
+        if (epgUrl.endsWith('.gz')) {
+            axiosConfig = {
+                responseType: 'arraybuffer',
+            };
+        }
+        axios
+            .get(epgUrl.trim(), axiosConfig)
+            .then((response) => {
+                console.log(loggerLabel, 'url content was fetched...');
+                const { data } = response;
+                if (epgUrl.endsWith('.gz')) {
+                    console.log(loggerLabel, 'start unzipping...');
+                    zlib.gunzip(data, (_err, output) => {
+                        parseAndSetEpg(output);
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    parseAndSetEpg(data);
+                }
+            })
+            .catch((err) => {
+                console.log(loggerLabel, err);
+                ipcRenderer.send(EPG_ERROR);
+            });
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.log(loggerLabel, error);
+        ipcRenderer.send(EPG_ERROR);
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Parses and sets the epg data
+ * @param xmlString xml file content from the fetched url as string
+ */
+const parseAndSetEpg = (xmlString) => {
+    console.log(loggerLabel, 'start parsing...');
+    EPG_DATA = parser.parse(xmlString.toString());
+    ipcRenderer.send(EPG_FETCH_DONE);
+    console.log(loggerLabel, 'done, parsing was finished...');
+};
+
+// fetches epg data from the provided URL
+ipcRenderer.on(EPG_FETCH, (event, arg) => {
+    console.log(loggerLabel, 'epg fetch command was triggered');
+    fetchEpgDataFromUrl(arg);
+});
+
+// returns the epg data for the provided channel name and date
+ipcRenderer.on(EPG_GET_PROGRAM, (event, args) => {
+    if (!EPG_DATA || !EPG_DATA.channels) return;
+    const foundChannel = EPG_DATA?.channels?.find((epgChannel) => {
+        if (
+            epgChannel.name.find((nameObj) => {
+                if (nameObj.value.trim() === args.channelName.trim())
+                    return nameObj;
+            })
+        ) {
+            return epgChannel;
+        }
+    });
+
+    if (foundChannel) {
+        const programs = EPG_DATA?.programs?.filter(
+            (ch) => ch.channel === foundChannel.id
+        );
+        ipcRenderer.send(EPG_GET_PROGRAM_DONE, {
+            payload: { channel: foundChannel, items: programs },
+        });
+    } else {
+        ipcRenderer.send(EPG_GET_PROGRAM_DONE, {
+            payload: { channel: {}, items: [] },
+        });
+    }
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/ipc-commands.ts b/src/app/shared/ipc-commands.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69d15000f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/ipc-commands.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const EPG_FETCH = 'EPG:FETCH';
+export const EPG_FETCH_DONE = 'EPG:FETCH_DONE';
+export const EPG_ERROR = 'EPG:ERROR';
+export const EPG_GET_PROGRAM = 'EPG:GET_PROGRAM';
+export const EPG_GET_PROGRAM_DONE = 'EPG:GET_PROGRAM_DONE';
diff --git a/tsconfig.serve.json b/tsconfig.serve.json
index ed176e2cc..4e66eb9d5 100644
--- a/tsconfig.serve.json
+++ b/tsconfig.serve.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "api.ts",
+    "epg-worker.ts",
     "main.ts"
   ],
   "exclude": [