Patent ID: 7206032

Claim:
A digital broadcasting receiver comprising: means for storing, when there is a difference between current channel information and new channel information obtained by a new channel search, the new channel information while holding a state where the current channel information is registered; means for displaying on a screen said channel information between which the difference is presented; and means for allowing the contents of the registration of the current channel information to be changed on the basis of the new channel information by a user operation on said screen, wherein the registration of the channel information is changed for each channel by the user operation, wherein the registration of the channel information is changed for each channel by the user operation, wherein in a case where network IDs which are on the same physical channel and differ from one another in the current contents of the registration are detected by the channel search, the channel information for each of the network IDs is presented, and either one of the channel information is registered on the basis of a user's instruction.