Patent ID: 7685615

Claim:
A method of receiving broadcast television signals on a multimedia receiver terminal, in which method a main component of television signals broadcast via a first source is received in the multimedia receiver terminal, wherein main content reproduction advance time stamps referenced to a predetermined reference time are inserted beforehand into the main component to mark content reproduction advance; a secondary component for associating with the main component in order to reproduce for the user a coherent audiovisual content made up both of the main component and of the secondary component is acquired in the multimedia receiver terminal via a second source adapted to send secondary components, secondary content reproduction advance time stamps referenced to said predetermined reference time being inserted into the secondary component prior to reproduction in order to mark content reproduction advance; and the received main component and the acquired secondary component are reproduced on the multimedia receiver terminal in compliance with the chronology of the secondary content reproduction advance time stamps and the main content reproduction advance time stamps, to reproduce for the user a coherent audiovisual content made up both of the main component and of the secondary component, and wherein the main content reproduction advance time stamps each have a main value of the time elapsed since said predetermined reference time; the secondary content reproduction advance time stamps each have a secondary value of the time elapsed since said predetermined reference time; and the presence of a main content reproduction advance time stamp in the received main component is detected, the acquired secondary component is searched for a secondary content reproduction advance time stamp having a secondary value immediately greater than the main value of the detected main content reproduction advance time stamp, and reproduction of the acquired secondary component is started from the secondary content reproduction advance time stamp obtained by means of said search, the secondary content reproduction advance time stamps being spaced relative to the main content reproduction advance time stamps.