* **Performance**
* Improved memory usage and persistence speed for large playlists and electronic programme guides.
* Large EPG datasets now process more reliably while preserving channel priorities and cleaning up temporary data.
* Reduced allocation overhead during parsing and playlist processing.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Prevented programme descriptions from being truncated during XMLTV imports.
* Improved handling of empty or single-source EPG data.
* **Network**
* Optimized response compression by avoiding compression for small or already-compressed media files.