Patent ID: 7885518

Claim:
A recording control device which records a program to be reserved for recording on the basis of reservation information including recording start time information indicating a time, at which recording starts, and recording end time information indicating a time, at which recording ends, the recording control device comprising: a setting unit that, when it is judged that the program is not recorded after recording is reserved, sets the same time as the time, indicated by the recording start time information, at which recording starts, in the recording end time information of the reservation information for recording the program; and a recording control unit that, when the time, indicated by the recording start time information, at which recording starts, is the same as the time, indicated by the recording end time information, at which recording ends, controls recording of the program such that recording of the program is suppressed, wherein, after setting the same time as the time, indicated by the recording start time information, at which recording starts, in the recording end time information of the reservation information, when it is judged that the program is recorded, the setting unit sets a time later than the time, indicated by the recording start time information, at which recording starts, in the recording end time information of the reservation information.