Patent ID: 8719863

Claim:
A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a reception section configured to receive a broadcast signal; an analysis section configured to analyze program information included in the received broadcast signal; an image composition section configured to generate from the analyzed program information a first program banner that has information including a time, a title, and a channel name, and a second program banner that has some or none of said information for output; a synthetic speech generation section configured to generate a synthetic speech signal from the analyzed program information; an operation confirmation sound generation section configured to generate an operation confirmation sound; a speech/sound mixing section configured to output either the generated synthetic speech signal or the generated operation confirmation sound; and a control section configured to control the image composition section, the synthetic speech generation section, and the speech/sound mixing section; wherein the control section: causes the image composition section to generate either the first program banner or the second program banner with every time the control section receives an instruction to display a program banner; determines, in accordance with an output state of the program banner when receiving said instruction, whether or not the synthetic speech signal is to be output; if having determined that the synthetic speech signal is to be output, causes the speech/sound mixing section to output the synthetic speech signal generated by the synthetic speech generation section; if having determined that the synthetic speech signal is not to be output, causes the speech/sound mixing section to output the operation confirmation sound generated by the operation confirmation sound generation section; if the program banner when the instruction is received is the second program banner, causes the speech/sound mixing section to output a synthetic speech signal corresponding to the information of the first program banner generated by the synthetic speech generation section, and output the first program banner to the image composition section; and if the program banner when the instruction is received is the first program banner, causes the speech/sound mixing section to output the operation confirmation sound generated by the operation confirmation sound generation section, and output the second program banner to the image composition section.