Patent ID: 7688390

Claim:
A broadcast receiving apparatus having a broadcast receiving unit which selectively receives a broadcast wave specified in accordance with broadcasting network indicating information for indicating one of a plurality of broadcasting networks and channel indicating information for indicating a channel number, comprising: an instruction receiving unit which receives, from a remote controller, broadcasting network indicating information or channel indicating information; and a control unit which, when said instruction receiving unit receives broadcasting network indicating information, controls said broadcast receiving unit to receive a broadcast wave specified in accordance with a combination of a broadcasting network indicated by the received broadcasting network indicating information and a channel number indicated by lastly received channel indicating information if an elapsed time from reception of the lastly received channel indicating information is not more than a predetermined time, and receive a broadcast wave specified in accordance with a combination of a broadcasting network indicated by the received broadcasting network indicating information and a default channel number associated with said broadcasting network if the elapsed time from the reception of the lastly received channel indicating information is more than the predetermined time.