diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-dialog.controller.spec.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-dialog.controller.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7d57a3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-dialog.controller.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+import { EpgProgram } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { EpgProgrammeDialogService } from '../epg-programme-dialog.service';
+import { TimelineRenderBlock } from '../epg-timeline/epg-timeline-render.util';
+import {
+    EpgGuideDialogController,
+    EpgGuideDialogHost,
+} from './epg-guide-dialog.controller';
+import { EpgGuideCatchUp, EpgGuideChannel } from './epg-guide-source';
+
+const MINUTE_MS = 60_000;
+const START_MS = Date.UTC(2026, 0, 15, 20, 0);
+
+const CHANNELS: EpgGuideChannel[] = [
+    { id: 'a', number: 1, name: 'Channel a', logoUrl: null, epgKey: 'a' },
+    { id: 'b', number: 2, name: 'Channel b', logoUrl: 'logo.png', epgKey: 'b' },
+];
+
+function program(overrides: Partial<EpgProgram> = {}): EpgProgram {
+    return {
+        start: new Date(START_MS).toISOString(),
+        stop: new Date(START_MS + 30 * MINUTE_MS).toISOString(),
+        channel: 'a',
+        title: 'Programme',
+        desc: null,
+        category: null,
+        ...overrides,
+    };
+}
+
+function block(
+    when: 'past' | 'now' | 'future',
+    canCatchUp = false
+): TimelineRenderBlock {
+    return {
+        kind: 'block',
+        key: 'k',
+        block: {
+            program: program(),
+            key: 'k',
+            startMs: START_MS,
+            stopMs: START_MS + 30 * MINUTE_MS,
+            when,
+            offsetMin: 0,
+            durationMin: 30,
+        },
+        leftPx: 0,
+        widthPx: 100,
+        tier: 'wide',
+        nowFillPercent: 0,
+        canCatchUp,
+    };
+}
+
+interface Harness {
+    controller: EpgGuideDialogController;
+    open: jest.Mock;
+    focusRow: jest.Mock;
+    activate: jest.Mock;
+    watch: jest.Mock;
+    offsetMinutes: number;
+}
+
+function harness(offsetMinutes = 0): Harness {
+    const open = jest.fn(() => of(undefined));
+    const focusRow = jest.fn();
+    const activate = jest.fn();
+    const watch = jest.fn();
+    const catchUp: EpgGuideCatchUp = { canWatch: () => true, watch };
+    const state = { offsetMinutes };
+    const host: EpgGuideDialogHost = {
+        rows: () => CHANNELS,
+        offsetMinutes: () => state.offsetMinutes,
+        focusRow,
+        activate,
+        catchUp: () => catchUp,
+    };
+    return {
+        controller: new EpgGuideDialogController(
+            { open } as unknown as EpgProgrammeDialogService,
+            host
+        ),
+        open,
+        focusRow,
+        activate,
+        watch,
+        offsetMinutes,
+    };
+}
+
+describe('EpgGuideDialogController', () => {
+    it('labels a card dialog with its channel and offers the live action', () => {
+        const test = harness();
+        test.open.mockReturnValueOnce(of('live'));
+
+        test.controller.openDetails(CHANNELS[1], block('now'));
+
+        expect(test.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                channelName: 'Channel b',
+                channelLogo: 'logo.png',
+                primaryAction: 'live',
+                archiveUnavailableNote: false,
+            })
+        );
+        expect(test.activate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(CHANNELS[1]);
+    });
+
+    it('offers timeshift for a recorded past card and plays it back', () => {
+        const test = harness();
+        test.open.mockReturnValueOnce(of('timeshift'));
+        const item = block('past', true);
+
+        test.controller.openDetails(CHANNELS[0], item);
+
+        expect(test.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                primaryAction: 'timeshift',
+                archiveUnavailableNote: false,
+            })
+        );
+        expect(test.watch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            CHANNELS[0],
+            item.block.program
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('notes a past card that cannot be replayed, and ignores a missing one', () => {
+        const test = harness();
+
+        test.controller.openDetails(CHANNELS[0], block('past'));
+        expect(test.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                primaryAction: null,
+                archiveUnavailableNote: true,
+            })
+        );
+
+        test.open.mockClear();
+        test.controller.openDetails(CHANNELS[0], undefined);
+        test.controller.openDetails(undefined, block('now'));
+        expect(test.open).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('sends a catch-up request straight to the host', () => {
+        const test = harness();
+        const item = block('past', true);
+
+        test.controller.watch(CHANNELS[0], item);
+
+        expect(test.watch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            CHANNELS[0],
+            item.block.program
+        );
+        expect(test.open).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('focuses the row a search hit belongs to, and copes without one', () => {
+        const test = harness();
+
+        test.controller.openSearchResult({
+            channelId: 'b',
+            program: program({ channel: 'b' }),
+        });
+
+        expect(test.focusRow).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+        expect(test.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({ channelName: 'Channel b' })
+        );
+
+        test.focusRow.mockClear();
+        test.open.mockClear();
+        test.controller.openSearchResult({
+            channelId: null,
+            program: program({ channel: 'x' }),
+        });
+
+        expect(test.focusRow).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(test.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.not.objectContaining({ channelName: expect.anything() })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('shifts a search hit start by the EPG display offset', () => {
+        const test = harness(60);
+
+        expect(
+            test.controller.searchHitStartMs({
+                channelId: 'a',
+                program: program(),
+            })
+        ).toBe(START_MS + 60 * MINUTE_MS);
+
+        // A unix timestamp wins over the ISO string, offset included.
+        expect(
+            test.controller.searchHitStartMs({
+                channelId: 'a',
+                program: program({
+                    start: 'not a date',
+                    startTimestamp: START_MS / 1000,
+                }),
+            })
+        ).toBe(START_MS + 60 * MINUTE_MS);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-dialog.controller.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-dialog.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ad91bec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-dialog.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { getProgramTimeMs } from '../epg-program.utils';
+import { EpgItemDialogAction } from '../epg-item-description/epg-item-description.component';
+import { EpgProgrammeDialogService } from '../epg-programme-dialog.service';
+import { TimelineRenderBlock } from '../epg-timeline/epg-timeline-render.util';
+import {
+    EpgGuideCatchUp,
+    EpgGuideChannel,
+    EpgGuideSearchHit,
+} from './epg-guide-source';
+
+export interface EpgGuideDialogHost {
+    /** The rows currently rendered, in display order. */
+    rows(): readonly EpgGuideChannel[];
+    /** EPG display offset in minutes; search hits carry provider instants. */
+    offsetMinutes(): number;
+    /** Move the keyboard focus to a row and scroll it into view. */
+    focusRow(rowIndex: number): void;
+    /** Switch playback to the channel (a no-op when it already plays). */
+    activate(channel: EpgGuideChannel): void;
+    catchUp(): EpgGuideCatchUp | undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every programme-dialog entry point of the guide: a card's details, a
+ * catch-up request and a search hit. Split out of the shell component, which
+ * owns rows, focus and playback and supplies them through the host.
+ */
+export class EpgGuideDialogController {
+    constructor(
+        private readonly programmeDialog: EpgProgrammeDialogService,
+        private readonly host: EpgGuideDialogHost
+    ) {}
+
+    openDetails(
+        channel: EpgGuideChannel | undefined,
+        item: TimelineRenderBlock | undefined
+    ): void {
+        if (!channel || !item) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const when = item.block.when;
+        this.programmeDialog
+            .open({
+                ...item.block.program,
+                channelName: channel.name,
+                channelLogo: channel.logoUrl,
+                primaryAction:
+                    when === 'now'
+                        ? 'live'
+                        : item.canCatchUp
+                          ? 'timeshift'
+                          : null,
+                archiveUnavailableNote: when === 'past' && !item.canCatchUp,
+            })
+            .subscribe((result: EpgItemDialogAction | undefined) => {
+                if (result === 'live') {
+                    this.host.activate(channel);
+                } else if (result === 'timeshift') {
+                    this.host.catchUp()?.watch(channel, item.block.program);
+                }
+            });
+    }
+
+    watch(channel: EpgGuideChannel, item: TimelineRenderBlock): void {
+        this.host.catchUp()?.watch(channel, item.block.program);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Open a search hit. When the host resolved the hit's row, focus and reveal
+     * it and label the dialog with that channel; an unresolved hit still opens,
+     * just without a channel.
+     */
+    openSearchResult(hit: EpgGuideSearchHit): void {
+        const rows = this.host.rows();
+        const rowIndex =
+            hit.channelId === null
+                ? -1
+                : rows.findIndex((row) => row.id === hit.channelId);
+        const channel = rowIndex < 0 ? null : rows[rowIndex];
+        if (channel) {
+            this.host.focusRow(rowIndex);
+        }
+        this.programmeDialog
+            .open(
+                channel
+                    ? {
+                          ...hit.program,
+                          channelName: channel.name,
+                          channelLogo: channel.logoUrl,
+                      }
+                    : { ...hit.program }
+            )
+            .subscribe();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A hit's start as the guide displays it. Results come straight from the
+     * host's EPG store, so they carry provider instants and must go through
+     * the same display-offset shift as every other time in the guide.
+     */
+    searchHitStartMs(hit: EpgGuideSearchHit): number {
+        return getProgramTimeMs(
+            hit.program.start,
+            hit.program.startTimestamp,
+            this.host.offsetMinutes()
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.html b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.html
index 18061167b..c112a8c23 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.html
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.html
@@ -1,41 +1,47 @@
-<div
-    class="epg-guide-row__channel"
-    role="button"
-    tabindex="-1"
-    data-epg-guide-grid
-    [attr.aria-label]="channel().name"
-    [attr.aria-pressed]="active()"
-    (click)="channelActivated.emit()"
-    (dblclick)="channelCommitted.emit()"
->
-    <span class="epg-guide-row__num">{{ channel().number }}</span>
-    <span class="epg-guide-row__logo">
-        @if (channel().logoUrl; as logo) {
-            <img [src]="logo" alt="" loading="lazy" />
-        } @else {
-            <mat-icon>live_tv</mat-icon>
+<div class="epg-guide-row__channel-cell" role="gridcell">
+    <div
+        class="epg-guide-row__channel"
+        role="button"
+        data-epg-guide-grid
+        [attr.tabindex]="channelTabIndex()"
+        [attr.aria-label]="channel().name"
+        [attr.aria-pressed]="active()"
+        (click)="onChannelClick()"
+        (dblclick)="channelCommitted.emit()"
+    >
+        <span class="epg-guide-row__num">{{ channel().number }}</span>
+        <span class="epg-guide-row__logo">
+            @if (channel().logoUrl; as logo) {
+                <img [src]="logo" alt="" loading="lazy" />
+            } @else {
+                <mat-icon>live_tv</mat-icon>
+            }
+        </span>
+        <span class="epg-guide-row__name">
+            <b>{{ channel().name }}</b>
+            @if (density() === 'comfortable') {
+                <small>
+                    @if (active()) {
+                        &#9654; {{ 'EPG.GUIDE.PLAYING' | translate }}
+                    } @else if (nowBlock(); as now) {
+                        {{ now.block.program.title }}
+                    } @else if (showEmpty()) {
+                        {{ 'EPG.GUIDE.NO_PROGRAMME_INFO' | translate }}
+                    }
+                </small>
+            }
+        </span>
+        @if (active()) {
+            <mat-icon class="epg-guide-row__playing">equalizer</mat-icon>
         }
-    </span>
-    <span class="epg-guide-row__name">
-        <b>{{ channel().name }}</b>
-        @if (density() === 'comfortable') {
-            <small>
-                @if (active()) {
-                    &#9654; {{ 'EPG.GUIDE.PLAYING' | translate }}
-                } @else if (nowBlock(); as now) {
-                    {{ now.block.program.title }}
-                } @else if (showEmpty()) {
-                    {{ 'EPG.GUIDE.NO_PROGRAMME_INFO' | translate }}
-                }
-            </small>
-        }
-    </span>
-    @if (active()) {
-        <mat-icon class="epg-guide-row__playing">equalizer</mat-icon>
-    }
+    </div>
 </div>
 
-<div class="epg-guide-row__lane" [style.width.px]="trackWidthPx()">
+<div
+    class="epg-guide-row__lane"
+    role="gridcell"
+    [style.width.px]="trackWidthPx()"
+>
     @if (showEmpty()) {
         <span class="epg-guide-row__empty">{{
             'EPG.GUIDE.NO_PROGRAMME_INFO_LONG' | translate
@@ -58,8 +64,8 @@
         <div
             class="epg-guide-row__block"
             role="button"
-            tabindex="-1"
             data-epg-guide-grid
+            [attr.tabindex]="blockTabIndex(index)"
             [attr.data-tier]="item.tier"
             [class.is-past]="item.block.when === 'past'"
             [class.is-now]="item.block.when === 'now'"
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@
                     : ''
             "
             [attr.aria-label]="item.block.program.title"
-            (click)="onBlockClick(item)"
+            (click)="onBlockClick(item, index)"
             (dblclick)="onBlockDoubleClick(item)"
         >
             @if (item.block.when === 'now') {
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.scss b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.scss
index 91472af62..b3f8427a9 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.scss
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.scss
@@ -17,21 +17,36 @@
     }
 }
 
-.epg-guide-row__channel {
+// The grid cell holding the channel column; the button inside it is the
+// keyboard/roving-focus target.
+.epg-guide-row__channel-cell {
     position: sticky;
     left: 0;
     z-index: 2;
     flex: 0 0 var(--epg-guide-channel-col, 232px);
     display: flex;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    background: inherit;
+    border-right: 1px solid $line-strong;
+}
+
+.epg-guide-row__channel {
+    position: relative;
+    flex: 1;
+    min-width: 0;
+    display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 10px;
     padding: 0 12px 0 14px;
     box-sizing: border-box;
-    background: inherit;
-    border-right: 1px solid $line-strong;
     cursor: pointer;
     color: $text-primary;
 
+    &:focus-visible {
+        outline: 2px solid $accent-blue;
+        outline-offset: -2px;
+    }
+
     :host(.is-active) &::before {
         content: '';
         position: absolute;
@@ -167,7 +182,8 @@
         transform: translateY(-1px);
         z-index: 3;
     }
-    &.is-focused {
+    &.is-focused,
+    &:focus-visible {
         outline: 2px solid $accent-blue;
         outline-offset: 1px;
         z-index: 3;
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.spec.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.spec.ts
index 5ae1bbe27..66ddc5930 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.spec.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ describe('EpgGuideRowComponent', () => {
         overrides: {
             status?: EpgGuideRowStatus;
             catchUpAvailable?: boolean;
+            rowFocused?: boolean;
+            focusedBlock?: number | null;
+            tabbable?: boolean;
         } = {}
     ): void {
         fixture.componentRef.setInput('channel', CHANNEL);
@@ -65,9 +68,26 @@ describe('EpgGuideRowComponent', () => {
             'catchUpAvailable',
             overrides.catchUpAvailable ?? false
         );
+        fixture.componentRef.setInput(
+            'rowFocused',
+            overrides.rowFocused ?? false
+        );
+        fixture.componentRef.setInput(
+            'focusedBlock',
+            overrides.focusedBlock ?? null
+        );
+        fixture.componentRef.setInput('tabbable', overrides.tabbable ?? false);
         fixture.detectChanges();
     }
 
+    function tabIndexes(): (string | null)[] {
+        return fixture.debugElement
+            .queryAll(By.css('[data-epg-guide-grid]'))
+            .map((element) =>
+                (element.nativeElement as HTMLElement).getAttribute('tabindex')
+            );
+    }
+
     beforeEach(() => {
         axis = buildGuideDayAxis(todayDateKey());
         nowMs = axis.startMs + 12 * 60 * MINUTE_MS;
@@ -169,6 +189,53 @@ describe('EpgGuideRowComponent', () => {
         ).toBeNull();
     });
 
+    it('moves the roving tabindex between the channel cell and the focused card', () => {
+        // [channel cell, card] — a row nobody points at is fully untabbable.
+        render([program('on now', -20, 40)]);
+        expect(tabIndexes()).toEqual(['-1', '-1']);
+
+        // The shell's fallback row: Tab lands on the channel cell.
+        render([program('on now', -20, 40)], { tabbable: true });
+        expect(tabIndexes()).toEqual(['0', '-1']);
+
+        // Keyboard focus on the row itself keeps it on the channel cell...
+        render([program('on now', -20, 40)], { rowFocused: true });
+        expect(tabIndexes()).toEqual(['0', '-1']);
+
+        // ...and moves to the card once a programme is focused.
+        render([program('on now', -20, 40)], {
+            rowFocused: true,
+            focusedBlock: 0,
+        });
+        expect(tabIndexes()).toEqual(['-1', '0']);
+    });
+
+    it('reports the clicked cell so the roving focus follows the mouse', () => {
+        render([program('on now', -20, 40)]);
+        const focused: (number | null)[] = [];
+        component.focusRequested.subscribe((block) => focused.push(block));
+
+        fixture.debugElement
+            .query(By.css('.epg-guide-row__channel'))
+            .nativeElement.click();
+        fixture.debugElement
+            .query(By.css('.epg-guide-row__block'))
+            .nativeElement.click();
+
+        expect(focused).toEqual([null, 0]);
+    });
+
+    it('exposes the grid roles the guide viewport announces', () => {
+        render([program('on now', -20, 40)]);
+
+        expect(fixture.nativeElement.getAttribute('role')).toBe('row');
+        expect(
+            fixture.debugElement
+                .queryAll(By.css('[role="gridcell"]'))
+                .map((cell) => (cell.nativeElement as HTMLElement).className)
+        ).toEqual(['epg-guide-row__channel-cell', 'epg-guide-row__lane']);
+    });
+
     it('marks its channel cell and cards as guide-owned keyboard surfaces', () => {
         render([program('on now', -20, 40)]);
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.ts
index 2127073a6..f10df2f19 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-row.component.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { EpgGuideChannel } from './epg-guide-source';
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
     host: {
         class: 'epg-guide-row',
+        role: 'row',
         '[class.is-active]': 'active()',
         '[class.is-focused]': 'rowFocused()',
         '[class.is-compact]': 'density() === "compact"',
@@ -52,6 +53,12 @@ export class EpgGuideRowComponent {
     readonly density = input<EpgGuideDensity>('comfortable');
     readonly rowFocused = input(false);
     readonly focusedBlock = input<number | null>(null);
+    /**
+     * True when this row owns the grid's single `tabindex="0"` — the shell
+     * hands it to the focused row, else the playing one, else the first, so
+     * Tab always reaches the grid.
+     */
+    readonly tabbable = input(false);
 
     /** Single click on the channel cell or the on-now card. */
     readonly channelActivated = output<void>();
@@ -59,6 +66,12 @@ export class EpgGuideRowComponent {
     readonly channelCommitted = output<void>();
     readonly detailsRequested = output<TimelineRenderBlock>();
     readonly watchRequested = output<TimelineRenderBlock>();
+    /**
+     * A pointer landed on a grid cell: the block's index, or `null` for the
+     * channel cell. The shell moves its keyboard focus there so the roving
+     * tabindex follows the mouse.
+     */
+    readonly focusRequested = output<number | null>();
 
     readonly blocks = computed(() =>
         buildGuideRowBlocks(this.programs(), {
@@ -82,7 +95,25 @@ export class EpgGuideRowComponent {
     );
     readonly isLoading = computed(() => this.status() === 'loading');
 
-    onBlockClick(item: TimelineRenderBlock): void {
+    /** This row holds the roving `tabindex="0"` while it is focused or picked. */
+    private readonly roving = computed(
+        () => this.tabbable() || this.rowFocused()
+    );
+    readonly channelTabIndex = computed(() =>
+        this.roving() && this.focusedBlock() === null ? 0 : -1
+    );
+
+    blockTabIndex(index: number): number {
+        return this.roving() && this.focusedBlock() === index ? 0 : -1;
+    }
+
+    onChannelClick(): void {
+        this.focusRequested.emit(null);
+        this.channelActivated.emit();
+    }
+
+    onBlockClick(item: TimelineRenderBlock, index: number): void {
+        this.focusRequested.emit(index);
         if (item.block.when === 'now') {
             this.channelActivated.emit();
         } else {
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-view-state.spec.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-view-state.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e7d274ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-view-state.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { EpgProgram } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { getTodayEpgDateKey } from '../epg-date';
+import {
+    EPG_GUIDE_DENSITY_KEY,
+    EPG_GUIDE_ONLY_WITH_EPG_KEY,
+    EPG_GUIDE_ZOOM_KEY,
+} from './epg-guide-preferences';
+import { EpgGuideChannel } from './epg-guide-source';
+import { EpgGuideViewState } from './epg-guide-view-state';
+
+const MINUTE_MS = 60_000;
+
+function channel(id: string, name = `Channel ${id}`): EpgGuideChannel {
+    return { id, number: 1, name, logoUrl: null, epgKey: id };
+}
+
+function create(): EpgGuideViewState {
+    return TestBed.runInInjectionContext(() => new EpgGuideViewState());
+}
+
+describe('EpgGuideViewState', () => {
+    let state: EpgGuideViewState;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        localStorage.clear();
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({});
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        state?.destroy();
+    });
+
+    it('starts from the persisted preferences and writes changes back', () => {
+        localStorage.setItem(EPG_GUIDE_DENSITY_KEY, 'compact');
+        localStorage.setItem(EPG_GUIDE_ZOOM_KEY, '300');
+        localStorage.setItem(EPG_GUIDE_ONLY_WITH_EPG_KEY, '1');
+
+        state = create();
+        expect(state.density()).toBe('compact');
+        expect(state.zoom()).toBe(300);
+        expect(state.onlyWithEpg()).toBe(true);
+        expect(state.rowHeightPx()).toBe(44);
+
+        // Out-of-range zoom is clamped before it is stored.
+        state.setZoom(9_999);
+        state.density.set('comfortable');
+        TestBed.tick();
+
+        expect(state.zoom()).toBe(480);
+        expect(localStorage.getItem(EPG_GUIDE_ZOOM_KEY)).toBe('480');
+        expect(localStorage.getItem(EPG_GUIDE_DENSITY_KEY)).toBe('comfortable');
+    });
+
+    it('filters rows by name and by EPG coverage', () => {
+        state = create();
+        const rows = [channel('a', 'News HD'), channel('b', 'Sports')];
+        const covered = new Set(['b']);
+        const isCovered = (id: string) => covered.has(id);
+
+        expect(state.filterRows(rows, isCovered)).toEqual(rows);
+
+        state.filter.set('  NEWS ');
+        expect(state.filterRows(rows, isCovered).map((row) => row.id)).toEqual([
+            'a',
+        ]);
+
+        state.filter.set('');
+        state.onlyWithEpg.set(true);
+        expect(state.filterRows(rows, isCovered).map((row) => row.id)).toEqual([
+            'b',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('steps the day and returns to today', () => {
+        state = create();
+        const today = state.dayKey();
+
+        state.stepDay('next');
+        expect(state.dayKey()).not.toBe(today);
+        expect(state.axis().dayKey).toBe(state.dayKey());
+
+        state.goToToday();
+        expect(state.dayKey()).toBe(getTodayEpgDateKey());
+    });
+
+    it('hides the now-line once it scrolls behind the channel column', () => {
+        state = create();
+        const nowX = state.nowLeftPx();
+        expect(nowX).not.toBeNull();
+
+        state.scrollLeft.set(Number(nowX) - 10);
+        expect(state.nowLineLeftPx()).toBe(10);
+
+        state.scrollLeft.set(Number(nowX) + 10);
+        expect(state.nowLineLeftPx()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('lays out a row against the current day, zoom and clock', () => {
+        state = create();
+        const startMs = state.axis().startMs + 10 * 60 * MINUTE_MS;
+        state.nowMs.set(startMs + 5 * MINUTE_MS);
+        const program: EpgProgram = {
+            start: new Date(startMs).toISOString(),
+            stop: new Date(startMs + 30 * MINUTE_MS).toISOString(),
+            channel: 'a',
+            title: 'On now',
+            desc: null,
+            category: null,
+        };
+
+        const blocks = state.blocksFor([program], 0, false);
+
+        expect(blocks).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(blocks[0].block.when).toBe('now');
+        // 10 hours into the day at the default 240px/hour zoom.
+        expect(blocks[0].leftPx).toBeCloseTo(2400, 0);
+    });
+
+    it('stops its clock when destroyed', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers();
+        try {
+            state = create();
+            const first = state.nowMs();
+
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(60_000);
+            expect(state.nowMs()).toBeGreaterThan(first);
+
+            const last = state.nowMs();
+            state.destroy();
+            jest.advanceTimersByTime(120_000);
+            expect(state.nowMs()).toBe(last);
+        } finally {
+            jest.useRealTimers();
+        }
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-view-state.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-view-state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba6bbcfba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-view-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import { computed, effect, signal } from '@angular/core';
+import { EpgProgram } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import {
+    EpgDateNavigationDirection,
+    getTodayEpgDateKey,
+    shiftEpgDateKey,
+} from '../epg-date';
+import { TimelineRenderBlock } from '../epg-timeline/epg-timeline-render.util';
+import {
+    buildGuideDayAxis,
+    buildGuideRowBlocks,
+    buildGuideTicks,
+    EPG_GUIDE_ROW_HEIGHT_PX,
+    EpgGuideDensity,
+    guideNowLeftPx,
+    guideTrackWidthPx,
+} from './epg-guide-layout.util';
+import {
+    clampGuideZoom,
+    persistEpgGuidePreferences,
+    restoreEpgGuidePreferences,
+} from './epg-guide-preferences';
+import { EpgGuideChannel } from './epg-guide-source';
+
+/** How often the guide re-reads the clock; drives "on now" and the now-line. */
+const CLOCK_TICK_MS = 60_000;
+
+/**
+ * Everything the guide renders itself from: the selected day, the persisted
+ * view preferences (zoom, density, "only with EPG"), the channel filter, the
+ * clock and the derived day geometry. It owns its own minute timer and the
+ * preference-persisting effect, so it must be constructed inside an injection
+ * context and released with `destroy()`.
+ *
+ * Split out of the shell component, which keeps ownership of the data source,
+ * keyboard focus and the viewport.
+ */
+export class EpgGuideViewState {
+    private readonly preferences = restoreEpgGuidePreferences();
+
+    readonly dayKey = signal(getTodayEpgDateKey());
+    readonly zoom = signal(this.preferences.zoom);
+    readonly density = signal<EpgGuideDensity>(this.preferences.density);
+    readonly onlyWithEpg = signal(this.preferences.onlyWithEpg);
+    readonly filter = signal('');
+    readonly nowMs = signal(Date.now());
+    /** The viewport's horizontal offset; the ruler and now-line follow it. */
+    readonly scrollLeft = signal(0);
+
+    readonly axis = computed(() => buildGuideDayAxis(this.dayKey()));
+    readonly isToday = computed(() => {
+        this.nowMs();
+        return this.dayKey() === getTodayEpgDateKey();
+    });
+    readonly ticks = computed(() => buildGuideTicks(this.axis(), this.zoom()));
+    readonly trackWidthPx = computed(() =>
+        guideTrackWidthPx(this.axis(), this.zoom())
+    );
+    readonly nowLeftPx = computed(() =>
+        guideNowLeftPx(this.axis(), this.nowMs(), this.zoom())
+    );
+    /**
+     * The now-line's x inside the scrolling lane, or `null` when it is not on
+     * the selected day or has scrolled behind the sticky channel column — the
+     * clip layer starts at the column's right edge, so a negative offset would
+     * otherwise be painted under it.
+     */
+    readonly nowLineLeftPx = computed(() => {
+        const nowX = this.nowLeftPx();
+        if (nowX === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        const left = nowX - this.scrollLeft();
+        return left >= 0 ? left : null;
+    });
+    readonly rowHeightPx = computed(
+        () => EPG_GUIDE_ROW_HEIGHT_PX[this.density()]
+    );
+
+    private readonly clock = window.setInterval(
+        () => this.nowMs.set(Date.now()),
+        CLOCK_TICK_MS
+    );
+
+    constructor() {
+        effect(() =>
+            persistEpgGuidePreferences({
+                density: this.density(),
+                zoom: this.zoom(),
+                onlyWithEpg: this.onlyWithEpg(),
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Apply the channel filter and the "only with EPG" toggle. `isCovered` is
+     * called synchronously, so a signal it reads is tracked by the caller's
+     * own computed.
+     */
+    filterRows(
+        channels: readonly EpgGuideChannel[],
+        isCovered: (channelId: string) => boolean
+    ): EpgGuideChannel[] {
+        const needle = this.filter().trim().toLowerCase();
+        const onlyWithEpg = this.onlyWithEpg();
+        return channels.filter(
+            (channel) =>
+                (!needle || channel.name.toLowerCase().includes(needle)) &&
+                (!onlyWithEpg || isCovered(channel.id))
+        );
+    }
+
+    setZoom(value: number): void {
+        this.zoom.set(clampGuideZoom(value));
+    }
+
+    stepDay(direction: EpgDateNavigationDirection): void {
+        this.dayKey.set(shiftEpgDateKey(this.dayKey(), direction));
+    }
+
+    /** Select today and re-read the clock; the caller does the scrolling. */
+    goToToday(): void {
+        this.dayKey.set(getTodayEpgDateKey());
+        this.nowMs.set(Date.now());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Row-block geometry for the current day, zoom and clock — the same layout
+     * the row component renders, needed by keyboard focus and scroll reveal.
+     */
+    blocksFor(
+        programs: readonly EpgProgram[],
+        offsetMinutes: number,
+        catchUpAvailable: boolean
+    ): TimelineRenderBlock[] {
+        return buildGuideRowBlocks(programs, {
+            axis: this.axis(),
+            hourWidthPx: this.zoom(),
+            nowMs: this.nowMs(),
+            offsetMinutes,
+            catchUpAvailable,
+        });
+    }
+
+    destroy(): void {
+        window.clearInterval(this.clock);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-viewport.controller.spec.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-viewport.controller.spec.ts
index 9fabff884..5dca1419b 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-viewport.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-viewport.controller.spec.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,33 @@ describe('EpgGuideViewportController', () => {
         expect(test.scrollToIndex).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('gives the DOM focus to the cell holding the roving tabindex', () => {
+        const test = harness();
+        const passive = document.createElement('div');
+        passive.setAttribute('data-epg-guide-grid', '');
+        passive.tabIndex = -1;
+        const roving = document.createElement('div');
+        roving.setAttribute('data-epg-guide-grid', '');
+        roving.tabIndex = 0;
+        test.element.append(passive, roving);
+        document.body.append(test.element);
+
+        test.controller.focusRovingTarget();
+        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(roving);
+
+        // Nothing tabbable (a row scrolled out of the rendered range): the
+        // current focus is left alone rather than reset.
+        roving.remove();
+        const outside = document.createElement('button');
+        document.body.append(outside);
+        outside.focus();
+        test.controller.focusRovingTarget();
+        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(outside);
+
+        outside.remove();
+        test.element.remove();
+    });
+
     it('reveals the focused row and block, and ignores a null focus', () => {
         const test = harness();
         test.controller.revealFocus({ row: 40, block: 1 });
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-viewport.controller.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-viewport.controller.ts
index 6c56f4d06..157d884b1 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-viewport.controller.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide-viewport.controller.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,22 @@ export class EpgGuideViewportController {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Give the DOM focus to whichever grid cell currently carries the roving
+     * `tabindex="0"`, so assistive technology follows the guide's keyboard
+     * navigation. Scrolling is `revealFocus`'s job, hence `preventScroll`.
+     * Call it after the render that moved the tabindex.
+     */
+    focusRovingTarget(): void {
+        const element = this.host.viewport()?.elementRef.nativeElement;
+        const target = element?.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
+            '[data-epg-guide-grid][tabindex="0"]'
+        );
+        if (typeof target?.focus === 'function') {
+            target.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Keep the keyboard focus target inside the viewport, both axes. */
     revealFocus(focused: EpgGuideFocus | null): void {
         const viewport = this.host.viewport();
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.html b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.html
index 02df077e4..ca50ff270 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.html
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <app-epg-guide-toolbar
-    [dayMs]="axis().startMs"
-    [isToday]="isToday()"
+    [dayMs]="view.axis().startMs"
+    [isToday]="view.isToday()"
     [currentLocale]="currentLocale()"
     [scopes]="scopes()"
     [scopeId]="scopeId()"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                 }}</span>
                 <span class="epg-guide__search-meta">
                     {{
-                        hit.program.start
+                        searchHitStartMs(hit)
                             | date: 'EEE d MMM HH:mm' : '' : currentLocale()
                     }}
                     · {{ hit.program.channel }}
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
         <div class="epg-guide__ruler-clip">
             <div
                 class="epg-guide__ruler-track"
-                [style.width.px]="trackWidthPx()"
-                [style.transform]="'translateX(' + -scrollLeft() + 'px)'"
+                [style.width.px]="view.trackWidthPx()"
+                [style.transform]="'translateX(' + -view.scrollLeft() + 'px)'"
             >
-                @for (tick of ticks(); track tick.ms) {
+                @for (tick of view.ticks(); track tick.ms) {
                     <div
                         class="epg-guide__tick"
                         [class.is-half]="tick.kind === 'half'"
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@
                         {{ tick.ms | date: 'HH:mm' }}
                     </div>
                 }
-                @if (nowLeftPx() !== null) {
+                @if (view.nowLeftPx() !== null) {
                     <div
                         class="epg-guide__now-badge"
-                        [style.left.px]="nowLeftPx()"
+                        [style.left.px]="view.nowLeftPx()"
                     >
-                        {{ nowMs() | date: 'HH:mm' }}
+                        {{ view.nowMs() | date: 'HH:mm' }}
                     </div>
                 }
             </div>
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
     <cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport
         #viewport
         class="epg-guide__viewport"
+        role="grid"
+        [attr.aria-label]="'EPG.GUIDE.TITLE' | translate"
+        [attr.aria-rowcount]="rows().length"
         [itemSize]="rowHeightPx()"
         [minBufferPx]="rowHeightPx() * 6"
         [maxBufferPx]="rowHeightPx() * 12"
@@ -103,19 +106,22 @@
                 trackBy: trackRow;
                 let index = index
             "
+            [attr.aria-rowindex]="index + 1"
             [channel]="channel"
             [programs]="programsFor(channel.id)"
             [status]="statusFor(channel.id)"
-            [axis]="axis()"
+            [axis]="view.axis()"
             [hourWidthPx]="zoom()"
-            [nowMs]="nowMs()"
+            [nowMs]="view.nowMs()"
             [offsetMinutes]="offsetMinutes()"
             [catchUpAvailable]="catchUpAvailable"
             [active]="channel.id === activeChannelId()"
             [density]="density()"
             [rowFocused]="focus()?.row === index"
             [focusedBlock]="focusedBlockFor(index)"
+            [tabbable]="tabbableRow() === index"
             [style.height.px]="rowHeightPx()"
+            (focusRequested)="focusCell(index, $event)"
             (channelActivated)="activateRow(channel)"
             (channelCommitted)="commitRow(channel)"
             (detailsRequested)="openDetails(channel, $event)"
@@ -140,16 +146,16 @@
 
     <!-- Clipped to the lane so the line never paints over the sticky column. -->
     <div class="epg-guide__now-clip">
-        @if (nowLineLeftPx() !== null) {
+        @if (view.nowLineLeftPx() !== null) {
             <div
                 class="epg-guide__now-line"
-                [style.left.px]="nowLineLeftPx()"
+                [style.left.px]="view.nowLineLeftPx()"
             ></div>
         }
     </div>
 </div>
 
-<div class="epg-guide__keys" aria-hidden="true">
+<div class="epg-guide__keys">
     <span
         ><kbd>&uarr;</kbd><kbd>&darr;</kbd
         >{{ 'EPG.GUIDE.KEYS.CHANNEL' | translate }}</span
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.spec.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.spec.ts
index 63062401b..a7c79ebff 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { SettingsStore } from '@iptvnator/services';
 import { EpgProgram } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { BehaviorSubject, of } from 'rxjs';
+import { of, Subject } from 'rxjs';
 import { EpgProgrammeDialogService } from '../epg-programme-dialog.service';
 import { EpgGuideComponent } from './epg-guide.component';
 import {
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { EpgGuideToolbarComponent } from './epg-guide-toolbar.component';
 import {
     EPG_GUIDE_SOURCE,
     EpgGuideChannel,
+    EpgGuideSearchHit,
     EpgGuideSource,
 } from './epg-guide-source';
 
@@ -51,12 +52,16 @@ describe('EpgGuideComponent', () => {
     let component: EpgGuideComponent;
     const channels = signal<EpgGuideChannel[]>([]);
     const activeChannelId = signal<string | null>(null);
+    const offsetMinutes = signal(0);
+    const searchHits = signal<EpgGuideSearchHit[]>([]);
     const activate = jest.fn();
     const setScope = jest.fn();
     const dialogOpen = jest.fn(() => of(undefined));
 
     beforeEach(() => {
         localStorage.clear();
+        offsetMinutes.set(0);
+        searchHits.set([]);
         activate.mockReset();
         setScope.mockReset();
         dialogOpen.mockClear();
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ describe('EpgGuideComponent', () => {
             loadCoverage: async () => new Set(['a']),
             activeChannelId,
             activate,
+            searchPrograms: async () => searchHits(),
         };
         TestBed.configureTestingModule({
             imports: [EpgGuideComponent],
@@ -93,16 +99,19 @@ describe('EpgGuideComponent', () => {
                 { provide: MatDialog, useValue: { openDialogs: [] } },
                 {
                     provide: SettingsStore,
-                    useValue: { resolvedEpgOffsetMinutes: signal(0) },
+                    useValue: { resolvedEpgOffsetMinutes: offsetMinutes },
                 },
                 {
                     provide: TranslateService,
                     useValue: {
                         currentLang: 'en',
                         defaultLang: 'en',
-                        onLangChange: new BehaviorSubject(null),
-                        onTranslationChange: new BehaviorSubject(null),
-                        onDefaultLangChange: new BehaviorSubject(null),
+                        // Plain subjects: `TranslatePipe` reads `event.lang`
+                        // off every emission, so a replayed `null` would throw
+                        // inside its subscriber on the first render.
+                        onLangChange: new Subject(),
+                        onTranslationChange: new Subject(),
+                        onDefaultLangChange: new Subject(),
                         instant: (key: string) => key,
                         get: (key: string) => of(key),
                         stream: (key: string) => of(key),
@@ -297,4 +306,80 @@ describe('EpgGuideComponent', () => {
         );
         expect(blur).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it('keeps one tabbable grid cell and follows the keyboard with DOM focus', async () => {
+        await settle(fixture);
+        const viewportEl: HTMLElement = fixture.debugElement.query(
+            By.css('cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport')
+        ).nativeElement;
+        viewportEl.scrollTo = jest.fn() as unknown as HTMLElement['scrollTo'];
+        const cells = (): HTMLElement[] =>
+            fixture.debugElement
+                .queryAll(By.css('.epg-guide-row__channel'))
+                .map((cell) => cell.nativeElement as HTMLElement);
+
+        // Nothing focused yet: the playing row is the grid's Tab stop.
+        expect(cells().map((cell) => cell.getAttribute('tabindex'))).toEqual([
+            '0',
+            '-1',
+            '-1',
+        ]);
+
+        component.onKeydown(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'ArrowDown' }));
+        await settle(fixture);
+
+        expect(component.focus()).toEqual({ row: 1, block: null });
+        expect(cells().map((cell) => cell.getAttribute('tabindex'))).toEqual([
+            '-1',
+            '0',
+            '-1',
+        ]);
+        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(cells()[1]);
+
+        // A filter that drops the focused row must not leave the grid without
+        // a Tab stop: it falls back to the playing row.
+        component.setOnlyWithEpg(true);
+        await settle(fixture);
+        expect(component.rows().map((row) => row.id)).toEqual(['a']);
+        expect(cells().map((cell) => cell.getAttribute('tabindex'))).toEqual([
+            '0',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('moves the roving focus to a clicked programme card', async () => {
+        await settle(fixture);
+        const card = fixture.debugElement.query(
+            By.css('app-epg-guide-row .epg-guide-row__block')
+        );
+        expect(card).toBeTruthy();
+
+        card.nativeElement.click();
+        await settle(fixture);
+
+        expect(component.focus()).toEqual({ row: 0, block: 0 });
+        expect(card.nativeElement.getAttribute('tabindex')).toBe('0');
+    });
+
+    it('renders search hits at the display-offset time', async () => {
+        offsetMinutes.set(60);
+        const program = nowProgram('a');
+        searchHits.set([{ channelId: 'a', program }]);
+        await settle(fixture);
+
+        expect(component.searchHitStartMs({ channelId: 'a', program })).toBe(
+            Date.parse(program.start) + 60 * 60_000
+        );
+
+        component.onSearchQueryChange('now');
+        // The controller debounces for 300ms before it asks the host.
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 400));
+        await settle(fixture);
+
+        const shifted = new Date(Date.parse(program.start) + 60 * 60_000);
+        const pad = (value: number) => `${value}`.padStart(2, '0');
+        expect(
+            fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.epg-guide__search-meta'))
+                .nativeElement.textContent
+        ).toContain(`${pad(shifted.getHours())}:${pad(shifted.getMinutes())}`);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.ts
index 163738a8f..0525ceafa 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-guide/epg-guide.component.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ import {
     effect,
     HostListener,
     inject,
+    Injector,
     OnDestroy,
-    OnInit,
     output,
-    signal,
     untracked,
     viewChild,
 } from '@angular/core';
@@ -28,30 +27,15 @@ import { SettingsStore } from '@iptvnator/services';
 import { EpgProgram, epgProviderClockMs } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import { TranslatePipe, TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { startWith } from 'rxjs';
-import {
-    EpgDateNavigationDirection,
-    getTodayEpgDateKey,
-    shiftEpgDateKey,
-} from '../epg-date';
-import { EpgItemDialogAction } from '../epg-item-description/epg-item-description.component';
+import { EpgDateNavigationDirection } from '../epg-date';
 import { EpgProgrammeDialogService } from '../epg-programme-dialog.service';
 import { TimelineRenderBlock } from '../epg-timeline/epg-timeline-render.util';
+import { EpgGuideDialogController } from './epg-guide-dialog.controller';
 import { EpgGuideKeyboardController } from './epg-guide-keyboard.controller';
 import {
-    buildGuideDayAxis,
-    buildGuideRowBlocks,
-    buildGuideTicks,
     EPG_GUIDE_CHANNEL_COLUMN_PX,
-    EPG_GUIDE_ROW_HEIGHT_PX,
     EpgGuideDensity,
-    guideNowLeftPx,
-    guideTrackWidthPx,
 } from './epg-guide-layout.util';
-import {
-    clampGuideZoom,
-    persistEpgGuidePreferences,
-    restoreEpgGuidePreferences,
-} from './epg-guide-preferences';
 import {
     EpgGuideProgramsService,
     EpgGuideRowStatus,
@@ -64,12 +48,15 @@ import {
     EpgGuideSearchHit,
 } from './epg-guide-source';
 import { EpgGuideToolbarComponent } from './epg-guide-toolbar.component';
+import { EpgGuideViewState } from './epg-guide-view-state';
 import { EpgGuideViewportController } from './epg-guide-viewport.controller';
 
 /**
  * Multi-channel programme guide. Reads everything from `EPG_GUIDE_SOURCE`;
- * owns the selected day, zoom, density, filters and keyboard navigation.
- * Rows are virtualised; the channel column and the ruler are sticky.
+ * owns the rows, the keyboard focus and the viewport, and delegates the view
+ * state (day, zoom, density, filters, clock) and the programme dialogs to
+ * their own controllers. Rows are virtualised; the channel column and the
+ * ruler are sticky.
  */
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-epg-guide',
@@ -87,14 +74,14 @@ import { EpgGuideViewportController } from './epg-guide-viewport.controller';
     styleUrl: './epg-guide.component.scss',
     changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
-export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
+export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnDestroy {
     private readonly source = inject(EPG_GUIDE_SOURCE);
     private readonly programsService = inject(EpgGuideProgramsService);
     private readonly settingsStore = inject(SettingsStore);
-    private readonly programmeDialog = inject(EpgProgrammeDialogService);
     private readonly dialog = inject(MatDialog);
     private readonly translate = inject(TranslateService);
     private readonly destroyRef = inject(DestroyRef);
+    private readonly injector = inject(Injector);
 
     readonly close = output<void>();
     /**
@@ -106,14 +93,14 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     readonly viewport = viewChild<CdkVirtualScrollViewport>('viewport');
 
-    private readonly preferences = restoreEpgGuidePreferences();
-    readonly dayKey = signal(getTodayEpgDateKey());
-    readonly zoom = signal(this.preferences.zoom);
-    readonly density = signal<EpgGuideDensity>(this.preferences.density);
-    readonly onlyWithEpg = signal(this.preferences.onlyWithEpg);
-    readonly filter = signal('');
-    readonly nowMs = signal(Date.now());
-    readonly scrollLeft = signal(0);
+    /** Day, zoom, density, filters, clock and the derived day geometry. */
+    readonly view = new EpgGuideViewState();
+    readonly dayKey = this.view.dayKey;
+    readonly zoom = this.view.zoom;
+    readonly density = this.view.density;
+    readonly onlyWithEpg = this.view.onlyWithEpg;
+    readonly filter = this.view.filter;
+    readonly rowHeightPx = this.view.rowHeightPx;
 
     private readonly languageTick = toSignal(
         this.translate.onLangChange.pipe(startWith(null)),
@@ -140,47 +127,12 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     readonly catchUpAvailable = this.source.catchUp !== undefined;
     readonly channelColumnPx = EPG_GUIDE_CHANNEL_COLUMN_PX;
 
-    readonly axis = computed(() => buildGuideDayAxis(this.dayKey()));
-    readonly isToday = computed(() => {
-        this.nowMs();
-        return this.dayKey() === getTodayEpgDateKey();
-    });
-    readonly ticks = computed(() => buildGuideTicks(this.axis(), this.zoom()));
-    readonly trackWidthPx = computed(() =>
-        guideTrackWidthPx(this.axis(), this.zoom())
-    );
-    readonly nowLeftPx = computed(() =>
-        guideNowLeftPx(this.axis(), this.nowMs(), this.zoom())
-    );
-    /**
-     * The now-line's x inside the scrolling lane, or `null` when it is not on
-     * the selected day or has scrolled behind the sticky channel column — the
-     * clip layer starts at the column's right edge, so a negative offset would
-     * otherwise be painted under it.
-     */
-    readonly nowLineLeftPx = computed(() => {
-        const nowX = this.nowLeftPx();
-        if (nowX === null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        const left = nowX - this.scrollLeft();
-        return left >= 0 ? left : null;
-    });
-    readonly rowHeightPx = computed(
-        () => EPG_GUIDE_ROW_HEIGHT_PX[this.density()]
-    );
     readonly totalCount = computed(() => this.source.channels().length);
-    readonly rows = computed(() => {
-        const needle = this.filter().trim().toLowerCase();
-        const onlyWithEpg = this.onlyWithEpg();
-        return this.source
-            .channels()
-            .filter(
-                (channel) =>
-                    (!needle || channel.name.toLowerCase().includes(needle)) &&
-                    (!onlyWithEpg || this.programsService.isCovered(channel.id))
-            );
-    });
+    readonly rows = computed(() =>
+        this.view.filterRows(this.source.channels(), (channelId) =>
+            this.programsService.isCovered(channelId)
+        )
+    );
     readonly activeRowIndex = computed(() => {
         const activeId = this.activeChannelId();
         return activeId === null
@@ -201,6 +153,17 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         close: () => this.close.emit(),
     });
     readonly focus = this.keyboard.focus;
+    /**
+     * The row that carries the grid's single `tabindex="0"`: the focused one,
+     * else the playing one, else the first — so Tab always reaches the grid,
+     * and lands where the keyboard left off. A focus left behind by a filter
+     * that dropped its row falls back too, or nothing would be tabbable.
+     */
+    readonly tabbableRow = computed(() => {
+        const fallback = Math.max(0, this.activeRowIndex());
+        const row = this.focus()?.row ?? fallback;
+        return row < this.rows().length ? row : fallback;
+    });
 
     private readonly viewportController = new EpgGuideViewportController({
         viewport: () => this.viewport(),
@@ -210,14 +173,23 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         blocksFor: (row) => this.blocksFor(row),
         activeRow: () => this.activeRowIndex(),
         ensureLoaded: (channels) => this.programsService.ensureLoaded(channels),
-        setScrollLeft: (left) => this.scrollLeft.set(left),
+        setScrollLeft: (left) => this.view.scrollLeft.set(left),
     });
 
-    private minuteTimer?: number;
+    private readonly dialogs = new EpgGuideDialogController(
+        inject(EpgProgrammeDialogService),
+        {
+            rows: () => this.rows(),
+            offsetMinutes: () => this.offsetMinutes(),
+            focusRow: (rowIndex) => this.revealRow(rowIndex),
+            activate: (channel) => this.activateRow(channel),
+            catchUp: () => this.source.catchUp,
+        }
+    );
 
     constructor() {
         effect(() => {
-            const axis = this.axis();
+            const axis = this.view.axis();
             const offset = this.offsetMinutes();
             untracked(() => {
                 this.programsService.setWindow(
@@ -231,13 +203,6 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             this.rows();
             untracked(() => this.viewportController.loadRenderedRange());
         });
-        effect(() =>
-            persistEpgGuidePreferences({
-                density: this.density(),
-                zoom: this.zoom(),
-                onlyWithEpg: this.onlyWithEpg(),
-            })
-        );
         effect(() => {
             const viewport = this.viewport();
             if (!viewport) {
@@ -250,24 +215,28 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         afterNextRender(() => this.jumpNow(false));
     }
 
-    ngOnInit(): void {
-        this.minuteTimer = window.setInterval(
-            () => this.nowMs.set(Date.now()),
-            60_000
-        );
-    }
-
     ngOnDestroy(): void {
-        window.clearInterval(this.minuteTimer);
+        this.view.destroy();
         this.search.destroy();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The grid's keys are handled at the document, so the focused cell needs no
+     * listener of its own — but it must own the DOM focus, or a screen reader
+     * would still announce whatever the user tabbed from. The roving
+     * `tabindex="0"` moves with the signal, so the element to focus only exists
+     * after the next render.
+     */
     @HostListener('document:keydown', ['$event'])
     onKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
-        if (this.keyboard.handle(event)) {
-            event.preventDefault();
-            this.viewportController.revealFocus(this.focus());
+        if (!this.keyboard.handle(event)) {
+            return;
         }
+        event.preventDefault();
+        this.viewportController.revealFocus(this.focus());
+        afterNextRender(() => this.viewportController.focusRovingTarget(), {
+            injector: this.injector,
+        });
     }
 
     trackRow(_index: number, channel: EpgGuideChannel): string {
@@ -287,15 +256,19 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         return focused?.row === row ? focused.block : null;
     }
 
+    /** Pointer focus: the roving tabindex follows the mouse, without scrolling. */
+    focusCell(row: number, block: number | null): void {
+        this.focus.set({ row, block });
+    }
+
     stepDay(direction: EpgDateNavigationDirection): void {
-        this.dayKey.set(shiftEpgDateKey(this.dayKey(), direction));
+        this.view.stepDay(direction);
         this.focus.set(null);
     }
 
     jumpNow(animate = true): void {
-        this.dayKey.set(getTodayEpgDateKey());
-        this.nowMs.set(Date.now());
-        this.viewportController.scrollToNow(this.nowLeftPx(), animate);
+        this.view.goToToday();
+        this.viewportController.scrollToNow(this.view.nowLeftPx(), animate);
     }
 
     setScope(scopeId: string): void {
@@ -304,19 +277,19 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     }
 
     setOnlyWithEpg(value: boolean): void {
-        this.onlyWithEpg.set(value);
+        this.view.onlyWithEpg.set(value);
     }
 
     setDensity(value: EpgGuideDensity): void {
-        this.density.set(value);
+        this.view.density.set(value);
     }
 
     setZoom(value: number): void {
-        this.zoom.set(clampGuideZoom(value));
+        this.view.setZoom(value);
     }
 
     setFilter(value: string): void {
-        this.filter.set(value);
+        this.view.filter.set(value);
         this.focus.set(null);
     }
 
@@ -324,32 +297,23 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         this.search.setQuery(query);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Open a search hit. When the host resolved the hit's row, focus and reveal
-     * it and label the dialog with that channel; an unresolved hit still opens,
-     * just without a channel.
-     */
     openSearchResult(hit: EpgGuideSearchHit): void {
-        const rowIndex =
-            hit.channelId === null
-                ? -1
-                : this.rows().findIndex((row) => row.id === hit.channelId);
-        const channel = rowIndex < 0 ? null : this.rows()[rowIndex];
-        if (channel) {
-            this.focus.set({ row: rowIndex, block: null });
-            this.viewportController.revealFocus(this.focus());
-        }
-        this.programmeDialog
-            .open(
-                channel
-                    ? {
-                          ...hit.program,
-                          channelName: channel.name,
-                          channelLogo: channel.logoUrl,
-                      }
-                    : { ...hit.program }
-            )
-            .subscribe();
+        this.dialogs.openSearchResult(hit);
+    }
+
+    searchHitStartMs(hit: EpgGuideSearchHit): number {
+        return this.dialogs.searchHitStartMs(hit);
+    }
+
+    openDetails(
+        channel: EpgGuideChannel | undefined,
+        item: TimelineRenderBlock | undefined
+    ): void {
+        this.dialogs.openDetails(channel, item);
+    }
+
+    watch(channel: EpgGuideChannel, item: TimelineRenderBlock): void {
+        this.dialogs.watch(channel, item);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -373,54 +337,19 @@ export class EpgGuideComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         this.close.emit();
     }
 
-    openDetails(
-        channel: EpgGuideChannel | undefined,
-        item: TimelineRenderBlock | undefined
-    ): void {
-        if (!channel || !item) {
-            return;
-        }
-        const when = item.block.when;
-        this.programmeDialog
-            .open({
-                ...item.block.program,
-                channelName: channel.name,
-                channelLogo: channel.logoUrl,
-                primaryAction:
-                    when === 'now'
-                        ? 'live'
-                        : item.canCatchUp
-                          ? 'timeshift'
-                          : null,
-                archiveUnavailableNote: when === 'past' && !item.canCatchUp,
-            })
-            .subscribe((result: EpgItemDialogAction | undefined) => {
-                if (result === 'live') {
-                    this.activateRow(channel);
-                } else if (result === 'timeshift') {
-                    this.source.catchUp?.watch(channel, item.block.program);
-                }
-            });
-    }
-
-    watch(channel: EpgGuideChannel, item: TimelineRenderBlock): void {
-        this.source.catchUp?.watch(channel, item.block.program);
+    private revealRow(rowIndex: number): void {
+        this.focus.set({ row: rowIndex, block: null });
+        this.viewportController.revealFocus(this.focus());
     }
 
     private blocksFor(row: number): TimelineRenderBlock[] {
         const channel = this.rows()[row];
-        if (!channel) {
-            return [];
-        }
-        return buildGuideRowBlocks(
-            this.programsService.programsFor(channel.id),
-            {
-                axis: this.axis(),
-                hourWidthPx: this.zoom(),
-                nowMs: this.nowMs(),
-                offsetMinutes: this.offsetMinutes(),
-                catchUpAvailable: this.catchUpAvailable,
-            }
-        );
+        return channel
+            ? this.view.blocksFor(
+                  this.programsService.programsFor(channel.id),
+                  this.offsetMinutes(),
+                  this.catchUpAvailable
+              )
+            : [];
     }
 }