Patent ID: 8463104

Claim:
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive broadcast program data including a data broadcast application and subsidiary information; a playback unit configured to playback the broadcast program data; and an execution unit configured to execute the data broadcast application, wherein the subsidiary information includes application control information indicating “finishing” or “not finishing” the execution of the data broadcast application by the execution unit when a program included in the broadcast program data in playback by the playback unit has been switched to another program, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus further comprising: an acceptance unit configured to accept a continuation instruction indicating continuing the execution of the data broadcast application by the execution unit even after a program included in the broadcast program data in playback by the playback unit is finished; and a change unit configured to, when the application control information has indicated “finishing” and the acceptance unit has accepted the continuation instruction, change the application control information so as to indicate “not finishing” before the program included in the broadcast program data in playback by the playback unit is finished.