Disclosed is a method for providing an electronic program guide (EPG) for digital broadcasting. The method includes the steps of analyzing motion picture experts group (MPEG)-2 transport stream for the digital broadcasting by a digital broadcasting receiver of a digital broadcasting subscriber as the digital broadcasting subscriber executes an electronic program guide (EPG) function, obtaining a PID of an elementary stream, which transmits an object carousel, by analyzing a program map table (PMT) of the motion picture experts group (MPEG)-2 transport stream if an application program is transmitted, downloading the application program using the PID information of the elementary stream and then storing the application program in a temporary storage device, displaying electronic program guide information through display of the digital broadcasting subscriber, and executing the application program when contents relating to the application program are selected in electronic program guide information.