Patent ID: 8407739

Claim:
A controller implemented method in a receiving apparatus for providing program guide information, the receiving apparatus configured to perform a method comprising: causing a predetermined identifier or a blank area in a corresponding area of a program guide screen to be generated if the program guide information to be displayed cannot be displayed in the corresponding area because the program guide information is more than the predetermined number of characters or is less than a predetermined program time allowed for the corresponding area; and causing an area corresponding to the identifier or the blank area to enlarge in order to provide the program guide information in that area if a user input associated with the identifier or the blank area is received, wherein if the user input associated with the identifier or the blank area is received, enlarging all areas of only a corresponding channel including at least the identifier or the blank area among all channel, and adjusting a time interval to correspond with the enlarged areas of only the corresponding channel; and wherein the time interval is subdivided and displayed in a time axis corresponding to at least one of the enlarged areas, and the subdivided time interval is smaller than a predetermined time interval before the adjusted time interval.