Transmission and reception method and apparatus of an electronic service guide in a digital broadcasting system

A method and an apparatus for transceiving an ESG in a digital broadcasting system are provided to group ESG information efficiently when transmitting the ESG in a multistream mode, thereby enabling a user to select and receive necessary ESG data easily. A method for transmitting an ESG(Electronic Service Guide) in a digital broadcasting system comprises the following steps of: gathering ESG data to be transmitted; setting the number of IP(Internet Protocol) streams to transmit the ESG data for transmitting the ESG data in a multistream mode(616); generating partitioning information including at least one partitioning standard for partitioning the ESG data and at least one partitioning value for each partitioning standard used in each IP stream(620,622); and transmitting the partitioned ESG data through the IP streams according to the partitioning information(630). The partitioning standard includes at least one of a service ID(Identification), a service genre, an absolute time, a profiling type and a session type according to the definition of a provider. The partitioning value includes at least one of a start value and an end value based on the partitioning standard.