Patent ID: 8233096

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: an operation receiving unit configured to wait for input of an operation to select an analog television broadcast channel; an identification signal generating unit configured to generate, on the basis of the selected channel, an analog identification signal for identifying a frequency at which a broadcast signal is broadcasted in an analog format; an identification signal acquiring unit configured to acquire the analog identification signal from the identification signal generating unit; a storage unit configured to prestore correspondence information regarding a correspondence between a digital identification signal for identifying a frequency at which a broadcast signal is broadcasted in a digital format and the analog identification signal for each of broadcast stations; an identification signal conversion unit configured to convert the analog identification signal into the digital identification signal using the correspondence information; a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive a digital broadcast signal using the frequency identified by the digital identification signal converted by the identification signal conversion unit and extract digital video code and audio code; a video conversion unit configured to convert the digital video code into an analog video signal having a video format equivalent to a video signal acquired from an analog television broadcast; an audio conversion unit configured to convert the digital audio code into an analog audio signal having an audio format equivalent to an audio signal acquired from an analog television broadcast; an analog video acquiring unit configured to acquire the analog video signal; and an analog sound acquiring unit configured to acquire the analog audio signal.