Patent ID: 7644428

Claim:
A receiving apparatus that can receive digital broadcasting from a first and a second transmission media, comprising: a program information extracting unit that extracts program information for channels receivable from the first and the second transmission media; a storing unit that stores program information of individual channels extracted in the program information extracting unit; a program information integrating unit that integrates program information of the first transmission medium and program information of the second transmission medium; and a display contents creating unit that creates a program guide based on program information integrated in the program information integrating unit, and the program guide contains a program information portion and a header portion to be simultaneously displayed in a display unit; wherein the program information integrating unit compares the program information stored in the storing unit, and integrates duplicate program information of a same channel, if any, into one piece of program information; and the program information portion of the program guide created by the display contents creating unit displays the program information in a manner so as not to reveal whether the program information has been received from the first transmission medium or the second transmission medium, and the header portion of the program guide displays only a name of the first transmission medium.