Patent ID: 8655403

Claim:
A broadcast receiver comprising: a display section; an operation section; a broadcast receiving section which receives a broadcast content that is broadcasted repeatedly; a recording section which records the received broadcast content; and a control section, wherein: the control section performs a continual receiving operation for a first broadcast of the broadcast content and if failing to receive a part of the broadcast content in the first broadcast, suspends a continual receiving operation after the first broadcast of the broadcast content, until the part of the broadcast content is re-broadcasted, and then the control section receives the part of the broadcast content that is re-broadcasted, the control section stops displaying of the broadcast content on the display section and records the broadcast content being received by the broadcast receiving section in the recording section if a first state is detected where the display section is hidden during the broadcast content received by the broadcast receiving section being displayed on the display section, and stops recording operation of the recording section when all broadcast content data are received, and the receiving of all broadcast content data including at least both audio data and video data is independent of an arrival of a broadcast end time.