Patent ID: 8442379

Claim:
A broadcast reception apparatus comprising: a first receiver configured to switch to a channel to be tuned and receive a broadcast signal; second receivers configured to receive broadcast signals from channels which are set for the second receivers, respectively; a first controller configured to cause a video to be displayed on the basis of the broadcast signal received by the first receiver; and a second controller controlled by the first controller and configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode, the first mode controlling operations of the second receivers and causing the broadcast signals received by the second receivers to be recorded, and the second mode stopping operations of one of the second receivers and causing broadcast signals received by any remaining one or ones of the second receivers to be recorded, the second controller being further configured to set channels to be tuned to the second receivers and to stop operations of one of the second receivers to which no channel is set, if a number of the channels to be tuned is smaller than a number of the second receivers in an initial setting.