Patent ID: 8379156

Claim:
A digital broadcast reception apparatus that is provided with a receiver that receives digital broadcasting and a channel switching processor that performs channel switching processing, the digital broadcast reception apparatus comprising: a data acquirer that measures data relating to a data reception wait time that occurs in the channel switching processing; a data acquisition timing controller that controls a timing of an operation of the data acquirer; a parameter generator that generates a control parameter based on control information acquired by the data acquirer; a processing time calculator that calculates a channel switching time, which is a period of time necessary for channel switching, obtained by subtracting a channel switching occurrence time from a channel switching completion time, based on the control parameter generated by the parameter generator; and a channel switching timing controller that controls a channel switching start timing so that the data reception wait time that occurs at a time of the channel switching is shortened, based on the channel switching time calculated by the processing time calculator.