Patent ID: 8681272

Claim:
A digital broadcast receiver, comprising: a plurality of broadcast receiving units configured to receive broadcast waves including images of programs and broadcast information about the programs; an image selecting/combining unit that includes an image allotter configured to allot the program images received by the respective broadcast receiving units, an image downsizer configured to perform a downsizing process on the program image allotted by the image allotter, and an image composer configured to combine at least one of the program images allotted by the image allotter as a main-screen with the program image downsized by the image downsizer as a sub-screen; a plurality of monitors configured to display the program images outputted from the image selecting/combining unit; a manipulation input unit configured to accept an instruction from a user to acquire broadcast information about viewable programs; and a control unit that includes an idle-state detecting unit configured to detect the broadcast receiving unit in a state of not receiving program image, an idle-state establishing unit configured to control the broadcast receiving unit corresponding to the monitor viewed by the user to halt receiving broadcast waves and control the image selecting/combining unit to output the program image as a main-screen to said monitor, when the instruction is accepted through the manipulation input unit and when the idle-state detecting unit determines that there is no broadcast receiving unit in a state of not receiving program image, and a broadcast information acquisition instructing unit configured to control the broadcast receiving unit in a state of not receiving program image to acquire the broadcast information, when the instruction is accepted through the manipulation input unit.