Patent ID: 7814514

Claim:
A digital broadcasting receiver comprising: a digital tuning section including a plurality of tuners for receiving digital broadcasting and outputting a video signal of first and second consecutive programs and first and second copy control signals associated with the first and second consecutive programs, respectively, the first and second copy control signals included in EPG (electronic program guide) information; and a controller for selecting one or more of the plurality of tuners, to which of the one or more selected tuners the video signal of the first and second consecutive programs is input, based on the first and second copy control signals supplied from the digital tuning section, wherein the controller determines whether the first and second copy control signals indicate a common copy mode for the first and second consecutive programs such that: (1) when the copy control signals indicate the common copy mode, the first and second consecutive programs are input to one of the plurality of tuners, and (2) when the copy control signals do not indicate the common copy mode, the first program of the first and second consecutive programs is input to the one of the plurality of tuners and the second program of the first and second consecutive programs is input to another one of the plurality of tuners.