JP2002290855A - Television broadcasting method and television broadcasting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve an audience rating by awakening viewer's interest in a predetermined channel and making the viewer select the program when what is called zapping is performed while a television program is watched. SOLUTION: This television broadcasting method is for broadcasting a program through a predetermined broadcasting channel; and a broadcasting station 1 broadcasts a program body source and also broadcasts pieces (1) to (4) of digest information of the program body source and when the channel of the broadcasting station 1 is selected, a receiver 2 displays one of the pieces (1) to (4) of digest information according to time information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television broadcasting method and a television broadcasting system, such as terrestrial broadcasting and satellite broadcasting, performed via a predetermined broadcasting channel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, television broadcasting includes terrestrial broadcasting and satellite broadcasting. In these broadcastings, programs from various broadcasting stations can be viewed through a plurality of channels. Then, the viewer switches one channel to select and view one program from a plurality of programs.

[0003]

Generally speaking, viewers
When a program to be watched is not determined, there is a tendency to switch channels randomly, so-called zapping. From the broadcasting station side, this zapping is also an opportunity for the viewer to switch to the broadcasting station when the viewer is watching a program of another station.

[0004] However, in order to change the broadcasting station being viewed, the viewer must be interested when zapping is performed and the broadcasting station is displayed. However, when the viewer is not broadcasting a video that interests the viewer, there is a possibility that the viewer is switched to another station.

[0005] In view of the above, the present invention aims to improve the audience rating by attracting the viewer's interest and switching the program to be viewed when so-called zapping is performed in viewing a television broadcast. It is an object to provide a John broadcasting method and a broadcasting system.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is a television broadcasting method for broadcasting a program through a predetermined broadcast channel. In addition, the digest information of the main program source is broadcasted, and when the broadcast channel is selected on the receiver side, the digest information is displayed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a television broadcasting system for broadcasting a program via a predetermined broadcast channel, comprising: a main program broadcasting means for broadcasting a main program source; Main digest source accumulating unit, a digest information extracting unit that monitors the contents of the main program source and extracts a digest source, and a digest information broadcasting unit that broadcasts the extracted digest information as digest information. It is characterized by the following.

[0008] Still another invention is a television broadcasting system for broadcasting a program via a predetermined broadcast channel, wherein a main program source display section for displaying a main program source and digest information of the main program source are displayed. A digest information display unit, a channel detection unit that detects that the predetermined broadcast channel has been selected, and a display switching unit that displays the digest information on the digest information display unit according to a detection result of the channel detection unit. It is characterized by having.

According to these inventions, when a viewer switches channels by so-called zapping or the like,
When a predetermined channel is selected, instead of the main part of the program, by displaying digest information summarizing the highlights of the main part, it is possible to arouse the viewer's interest in the predetermined channel and induce viewing of the channel. it can.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Outline of Television Broadcasting Method)
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an outline of a television broadcasting method according to the present embodiment.

In the television broadcasting method according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a program is broadcast from a broadcasting station 1 to a receiver 2 used by a viewer 10 via a predetermined broadcasting channel. . And when broadcasting this program,
The main program source is broadcasted, and the digest information of the main program source is also broadcast. When the zapping is performed on the receiver 2 side and the channel of the broadcast station 1 is selected, the digest information is displayed.

[0012] The digest information is a compilation of a highlight scene, a story summary, and the like of a main part of a program currently being broadcast to about 30 seconds, which can attract the viewer's interest in a short time. Information.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that digital broadcasting is used as a broadcasting system. In this digital broadcasting, a broadcast source is temporarily stored in a server 5 called a home server, and then viewed by a viewer 10. A desired program can be called and viewed from the server 5.

In the present embodiment, time information relating to the broadcast time is added to the main program source, and the digest information is displayed according to the time information. In the illustrated example, a case is shown in which a live broadcast of a program of a professional baseball night game (HT team vs. YG team) is performed.
The scene which is the highlight of has arisen. The highlight scene is edited to create digest information, and time information to be displayed at a predetermined timing is added in association with each digest information.

For example, when zapping is performed during the broadcast time from 19:00 to 19:30, the digest information “starter A, early good pitch” is displayed, and similarly, the broadcast time from 19:30 to 19:30 is displayed. When zapping is performed during 19:45, as shown in FIG. 1, the digest information “player B”
"First run 3 runs" is displayed.

(Configuration of Television Broadcasting System) A television broadcasting system for realizing the above-described television broadcasting method will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a broadcast station 1 in the television broadcast system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram mainly showing a schematic configuration on the side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the broadcasting station 1 has a main program source transmitting section 13 for transmitting the main program source, a digest information transmitting section 12 for transmitting the digest information, and the main program source and the digest information on the tree. And a transmission system 14 for transmitting to the device 2.

The main program source transmitting section 13 is controlled by the control section 11 and transmits the main program source stored in the main program source storage section 16 to the transmission system. The digest information sending unit 12 operates under the control of the control unit 11, and sends the digest information stored in the digest information storage unit 17 to the transmission system 14.

The main source transmission unit 13 includes a monitor 1
5 is connected, and the monitor unit 15 monitors the contents of the main program source that is currently being broadcast or is about to be broadcast. The monitor unit 15 monitors the contents of the main content source, selects a source to be included in the digest information, and instructs the digest information extraction unit 18 to that effect.

The digest information extracting unit 18 extracts the specified source from the main program source storage unit 16 in accordance with the instruction from the monitor unit 15, processes the extracted information to generate digest information, and generates the digest information. The data is stored in the storage unit 17. At this time, the digest information storage unit 1
7 adds the time at which the main content source was broadcast to the digest information as time information.

Next, the configuration of the receiver 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram mainly showing a schematic configuration on the side of the receiver 2 in the television broadcasting system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the receiver 2 according to the present embodiment includes a receiving system 21 for receiving a source broadcast by the broadcasting station 1 and a control for separating the received source into a main part source and digest information. Section 22, a digest information display section 23 for generating a signal for displaying digest information, a main program source display section 24 for generating a signal for displaying a main program source, and selecting these main program source and digest information And a display switching unit 25 that outputs the data to the display device 3.

A server 5 is connected to the control unit 22 via an interface unit 26. The server 5 stores the received main contents source and digest information in the server 5, and appropriately stores necessary sources according to viewer operations. 5 and output to the digest information display unit 23 or the main program source display unit 24.

Further, the receiver 2 according to the present embodiment includes:
A channel unit 28 for switching a display channel; a remote controller 4 for performing a channel switching operation by remote operation; a remote controller receiving unit 29 for receiving a signal from the remote controller 4 and switching a channel; and detecting a currently displayed channel. And a channel detection unit 27.

The channel detecting section 27 includes a channel section 2
8 or the channel is switched by the remote control receiving unit 29 due to zapping or the like, it is detected that the channel of the broadcast station broadcasting the digest information is selected, and the digest information of the selected channel is displayed. The command signal is sent to the control unit 22. In response to this command signal, the control unit 22 causes the display switching unit 2
5 is switched from the display of the main content source to the display of the digest information. The display device 3 displays digest information instead of the main program.

(Effects of Television Broadcasting Method and Broadcast System) According to the present embodiment described above, when the viewer 10 switches channels by so-called zapping or the like, when the broadcast station 1 is selected, By displaying the digest information instead of the main content source, the interest of the viewer 10 can be aroused and the viewing of the channel can be induced.

(Modifications) The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the following modifications can be made.

In the above-described embodiment, the video displayed on the display device 3 is switched so that the digest information is viewed instead of the main program.
In multi-view television such as BS digital broadcasting, the main program is displayed on the main service channel,
The digest information may be displayed on the sub service channel.

That is, in the multi-view television, one company can perform standard television broadcasting of up to three channels, and one of the three channels broadcasts the main program as a main service and the other broadcasts as a sub-service. The main receiver and the sub-service can be combined and displayed on one screen on the receiver 2 side. Thereby, the main part and the digest information are simultaneously broadcast by the multi-view television, and the main part and the digest information are combined and displayed at the time of zapping.

According to this, since the main part and the digest information can be viewed simultaneously at the time of zapping, the viewer's interest is easily attracted. In addition, by repeatedly displaying the digest information on the sub service channel, it is possible to omit processes such as storage and reading of the digest broadcast, and to reduce the processing load on the receiver.

Alternatively, digest information may be broadcasted using BS digital broadcast data broadcasting, and the digest information may be displayed as data broadcasting during zapping.

That is, in the data broadcasting, a still image plane, a character graphic plane, and a subtitle plane can be provided in addition to a moving image plane on which a normal program is displayed.
These planes can be combined and displayed on the side.
As a result, at the time of zapping, in addition to the normal main service, still images, text and graphics,
Display digest information with subtitles.

Furthermore, the main part source and digest information may be simultaneously broadcast as an MPEG4 stream, and at the time of zapping, an MPEG4 stream in which the digest information is repeated may be displayed instead of the main part source MPEG4 stream.

That is, in the MPEG4 system, a plurality of media objects (including CG and still images, in addition to audio and video moving images, etc.) constituting a program are transmitted as encoded streams and transmitted to the receiver 2. Since the media objects can be synthesized and displayed according to the scene description on the side, the broadcast station 1 encodes and broadcasts the main program and digest information as separate media object streams, and triggers that the receiver 2 detects zapping. As an alternative to the main object,
Synthesize and display the digest information object.

[0035]

As described above, according to the television broadcasting method and the broadcasting system of the present invention, when so-called zapping is performed in the viewing of the television broadcasting, the viewer's interest is attracted and the other channels are watched. It is possible to switch from viewing to viewing of a predetermined channel, and as a result, it is possible to improve the audience rating of the channel.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an outline of a television broadcasting method according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a television broadcasting system according to the embodiment, mainly showing a broadcasting station side.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a television broadcasting system according to the embodiment, mainly showing a receiver side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Broadcasting station 2 ... Receiver-digest information 3 ... Display device 4 ... Remote control 5 ... Server 11 ... Control part 12 ... Digest information sending part 13 ... Main part source sending part 14 ... Transmission system 15 ... Monitor part 16 ... Main part source accumulation Unit 17 Digest information storage unit 18 Digest information extraction unit 21 Receiving system 22 Control unit 23 Digest information display unit 24 Main source display unit 25 Display switching unit 26 Interface unit 27 Channel detection unit 28 Channel Unit 29: Remote control receiving unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A television broadcasting method for broadcasting a program through a predetermined broadcast channel, wherein the television program broadcasts a main program source and broadcasts digest information of the main program source. A television broadcasting method, wherein the digest information is displayed when a channel is selected. 2. The television broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein said digest information is added with time information corresponding to a time when said main content source was broadcast. 3. A television broadcasting system for broadcasting a program via a predetermined broadcast channel, comprising: a main program broadcasting means for broadcasting a main program source; a main program source storage unit for accumulating the main program source; A television broadcasting system, comprising: a digest information extracting unit that monitors the contents of a main content source and extracts a digest source; and a digest information broadcasting unit that broadcasts the extracted digest information as digest information. 4. A television broadcasting system for broadcasting a program via a predetermined broadcast channel, comprising: a main program source display section for displaying a main program source; and a digest information display section for displaying digest information of the main program source. Having a channel detection unit that detects that the predetermined broadcast channel is selected, and a display switching unit that displays the digest information on the digest information display unit according to a detection result of the channel detection unit. Television broadcasting system characterized by the following. 5. The television broadcast system according to claim 1, wherein the digest information is added with time information corresponding to a time when the main content source was broadcast.