Patent ID: 7907221

Claim:
A television device, comprising: a setting unit which sets, from among broadcast signals of a plurality of systems, a broadcast signal of one system to be received; a storage unit which stores, for each broadcast signal system, one channel map in which one or more tuned channels are registered; a first decision unit which, when tuning of a channel is received, decides whether or not the channel for which tuning has been received at this time is registered in a first channel map of a broadcast signal of a first system which is set by the setting unit; a second decision unit which, when the first decision unit decides that the channel for which tuning has been received at this time is not registered in the first channel map, decides whether or not this channel is registered in a second channel map of a broadcast signal of a second system which is not set by the setting unit; and a reception device which, when the second decision unit decides that the channel for which tuning has been received at this time is registered in the second channel map, receives the channel for which tuning has been received at this time from the broadcast signal of the second system, among the broadcast signals of the plurality of systems, wherein, when the second decision unit decides that the channel for which tuning has been received at this time is not registered in the second channel map either, the reception device receives the channel for which tuning has been received at this time from the broadcast signal of the first system, among the broadcast signals of the plurality of systems.