Patent ID: 7356829

Claim:
A receiving apparatus for receiving an image signal transmitted from a transmitting end that initiates the image signal, said receiving apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving said image signal; first output means for outputting the image signal received by said receiving means to a display; extracting means for extracting electronic program guide information (EPG) included in the image signal received by said receiving means, wherein the EPG information included in the image signal is from more than one broadcasting station; alteration means for altering a display format of said EPG when said EPG is displayed on said display, in accordance with predetermined information originated from a first broadcasting station where a camera records the image signal and the EPG data is added such that the display format is altered according to the predetermined information to show a preference to provider tags of said first broadcasting station and a second broadcasting station over other provider tags of a plurality of broadcasting stations by displaying the provider tags of the first broadcasting station and the second broadcasting station on upper rows of the display; and second output means for outputting the EPG altered by said alteration means to said display, wherein said alteration means alters, according to the predetermined information, data constituting said EPG to be displayed in accordance with said predetermined information such that said EPG displays the provider tags of the first broadcasting station and the second broadcasting station with said preference.