Patent ID: 8479252

Claim:
A broadcast receiver for receiving broadcast and displaying a video on a screen, comprising: a broadcast receiving section for receiving a broadcast wave; a display controller for displaying a video on the screen; a memory for registering an electronic mail address; and an electronic mail receiving section for receiving an electronic mail, including a header portion, an electronic mail address and body text, via a communication network regardless of whether or not its electronic mail address is registered in advance in the memory, wherein in a case where an electronic mail is received by the electronic mail receiving section and its electronic mail address is registered in advance in the memory, the display controller simultaneously displays on the screen a content, including only the body text read out of the electronic mail, obtained as a result of opening the received electronic mail and the received broadcast video which is being displayed, wherein in a case where the electronic mail address is not registered in advance in the memory, the electronic mail is stored in a predetermined memory and is operable by a user's instruction, wherein when the content obtained as a result of opening the electronic mail is displayed on the screen, the content is scroll-displayed at a predetermined scroll speed, and wherein while a process for reducing a picture size of the video obtained by receiving broadcast is carried out, the content obtained as a result of opening the electronic mail is displayed in an extra space of the screen, wherein the extra space is created as a result of the picture size being reduced, and wherein only the body text read out of the electronic mail is displayed in the extra space.