Digital broadcasting system and method for transmitting and receiving electronic service guide data in digital broadcasting system

There is provided a method for transmitting and receiving electronic service guide data in a digital broadcasting system and a digital broadcasting system tells the application to execute a content file to be downloaded through a file download service. Digital according to the present invention, broadcast system, receives a digital broadcasting transmitter and a broadcasting an electronic service guide data for broadcasting electronic service guide data that includes application information corresponding to respective content files, and applications that are included in an electronic service guide data, using the information includes a digital broadcasting receiver to execute the application corresponding to each content file. Digital broadcasting, content, file downloads, applications, running