Patent ID: 8281342

Claim:
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a receiver for receiving digital broadcast waves of specified channels, a storing section that stores information of a channel capable of being watched; a plurality of buttons including a first channel selection button and a second channel selection button; and a control portion, which controls the first channel selection button to illuminate based on the information stored in the storing section, and which controls the second channel selection button not to illuminate based on the information stored in the storing section, wherein the first channel selection is corresponding to the channel capable of being watched, wherein the second channel selection is corresponding to a channel which is not capable of being watched, wherein the control portion controls the first channel selection button to turn off the illumination when the control portion determines that the channel selection buttons are not touched for a predetermined time, wherein the control portion controls the first channel selection button to continue to illuminate when the control portion determines that at least one of the plurality of buttons are touched repeatedly within the predetermined time, and wherein, after the illumination of the first channel selection button is turned off, the control portion controls the first channel selection button to illuminate based on the information stored in the storing section when at least one of the plurality of buttons is touched.