Patent ID: 8613018

Claim:
An EPG (electronic programming guide) providing apparatus comprising: an EPG screen configuring unit configuring an EPG screen such that broadcasting program information is displayed on at least three faces of a 3D (three-dimensional) polyhedron; and a control unit determining first broadcasting program information to be displayed on a first face of the polyhedron, second broadcasting program information corresponding to a broadcasting channel that is the same as and a broadcasting time zone that is different from the first broadcasting program as broadcasting information to be displayed on a second face positioned in a first direction with respect to the first face of the polyhedron and third broadcasting program information corresponding to a broadcasting time zone that is the same as and a broadcasting channel that is different from the first broadcasting program information as broadcasting information to be displayed on a third face positioned in a second direction with respect to the first face of the polyhedron, wherein the control unit, based on time-zone-change user input signal, re-determines at least a part of the second broadcasting program information as broadcasting information to be displayed on the first face, and replaces the third broadcasting program information with fourth broadcasting program information as broadcasting information to be displayed on the third face, the fourth broadcasting program information being corresponding to the broadcasting time that is the same as the part of the second broadcasting program information and corresponding to the broadcasting channel that is the same as the third broadcasting program information.