JP2838892B2 - Broadcast content receiver - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a broadcast content receiving apparatus for receiving broadcast contents of a television.

2. Description of the Related Art Failure to miss a desired television program is common even today, when television has been around for a long time.
The main cause of this failure is that the broadcast date and time are mistaken, or that the user is distracted and forgets. In addition, although the television is turned on so as to be in time for the broadcast time, the channel may be mistaken and the user may not notice this. In this case, since a program different from the desired program is output on the screen and then changed to the correct channel, the beginning part is missed.

As a countermeasure, there is a method in which a desired program is reserved for recording in a video recording device (so-called video tape recorder). However, such a recording apparatus has a wide variety of settings such as a recording start time, a channel setting of a recorded program, a recording end time, and the like, and the setting requires a great deal of labor and familiarity. Therefore, a function to read the recording start time using a barcode and to record the same program at the same time every week, using a barcode, so that elderly people who are not used to machine operation can easily make recording reservations can be set. A recording device provided with the device has also been proposed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, even in such a recording apparatus, since a so-called convention such as a barcode is used, the operation is not intuitive and the operation is complicated.
In particular, when recording programs on different channels with continuous broadcast time, or when the same program is broadcast at different times of the week, the setting is extremely complicated even with the use of barcodes. turn into. In the case of a barcode, a reading error may occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a broadcast content receiving device which can be easily operated without missing a desired television program.

Configuration of the Invention The configuration of the present invention that achieves the above object will be described below.

[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] A broadcast content receiving apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a tuner for extracting a specified channel from received television broadcast content, and a tuner for extracting a channel extracted by the tuner. A broadcast content receiving device including a television receiver for displaying a video signal, input means for externally inputting information including at least each program content, its start time, and its broadcast channel to the broadcast content receiving device; and Channel display means for extracting the program contents of the television of each channel from the information taken in by the input means, and displaying the contents of the television on the television receiver in one of vertical and horizontal directions for each channel difference; The programs of the same channel in the information captured by the input means are arranged in the order of their broadcast in the direction perpendicular to the one direction. A broadcast order display means for displaying the TV order side by side, and an arbitrary program content from the TV program contents displayed on the TV receiver by the broadcast order display means and the channel display means. Position designation means for designating a position; identification display means for displaying program contents displayed at the position designated by the position designation means so as to be distinguishable from program contents at an unspecified position; Setting means for setting, as a desired program, program content corresponding to a location identifiably displayed on the display means, and extracting a program channel corresponding to the location set by the setting means from the information. A channel complementer for setting a channel of a desired program; and a start time of a program corresponding to the location set by the setting unit. A start time complementing means for outputting as a desired program information, and a broadcast content output means for extracting the channel set by the channel complementing means to the tuner when the start time set by the start time complementing means is reached. And characterized in that:

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the broadcast content receiving apparatus according to the first aspect, the input means includes at least each program content of the television, its start time, its end time or its broadcast time, and its broadcast. Information including the channel and the like is taken into the broadcast content receiving apparatus from the outside, and the broadcast order display means parallelizes the program contents in the broadcast order in a size substantially proportional to the broadcast time of each program content. , Which is displayed on the television receiver.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the broadcast content receiving apparatus according to the second aspect, further comprising a video recorder for recording the broadcast content of the channel extracted by the tuner by the broadcast content output means. And

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the broadcast content receiving apparatus according to the first to third aspects, the identification display means blinks or reverses the program content displayed at the position designated by the position designation means. Thus, the program content at the position not specified is displayed so as to be identifiable.

[Operation] The broadcast content receiving apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention having the above configuration receives desired broadcast content as follows.

First, information including at least the program content of the television, its start time, and the broadcast channel is taken into the broadcast content receiving device from the outside via the input means. Here, as the program content of the television (hereinafter, also simply referred to as program content), a program name, an abbreviation thereof, and a phrase representing the content (for example, “news”, “golf”, etc.) can be considered. From the information thus captured, the channel display means
The program contents are extracted and displayed on the television receiver in one of vertical and horizontal directions for each channel difference, and the broadcast order display means displays the program of the same channel in the broadcast order in a direction perpendicular to the one direction. The images are displayed side by side on the television receiver. As a result, the program content is displayed on the television receiver in a table format substantially the same as the program column of the newspaper.

In this state, the desired broadcast content is selected by the position designation means, the identification display means, and the setting means. The position designation means is for designating an arbitrary program content from the program content displayed in the table format, and can be realized by, for example, a touch board, a mouse or a light pen. The identification display means displays a screen display of the program content displayed at the position designated by the position designation means so as to be distinguishable from the program content at the position not designated. Then, when operated, the setting means sets a portion displayed identifiable by the identification display means as a desired broadcast program.

When an arbitrary position on the screen is designated by the setting means, the channel complementing means takes out the channel corresponding to the program at that position from the information taken in by the input means and sets it as the desired program channel. In substantially the same manner, the start time complementing means extracts the start time corresponding to the program at that position from the information taken in by the input means and sets it as the start time of the desired program. Then, based on the information corresponding to the set program content, the broadcast content output means causes the tuner to extract a broadcast channel corresponding to the program content at the start time.

In other words, the channel is selected based on the program contents, instead of the number or the like corresponding to each channel as in the related art. Moreover, since the display on the television receiver is in the form of a table as described above, the start time of each program content is visually represented by omitting the abstract information of the number representing the time. This allows the operator to recognize abstract and easily erroneous information such as a channel and a start time by comparing it with program contents of different channels or program contents broadcast before and after the same channel. be able to. Therefore, the user is intuitively instructed to pay attention to whether the program is erroneous with a similar program at a different channel or an adjacent time.

The reservation of the program contents is completed by designating the position where the desired program contents are displayed by the position designating means and operating the setting means. During this period, abstraction such as designation of a channel and designation of a start time is performed. There is no need to handle information. The omitted start time is required when the broadcast content output means causes the tuner to extract a channel. For this, the start time complementing means is complemented by information taken in from the outside by the input means. Also, the channel is not specified by the position specifying means, but is complemented by information by the channel complementing means.

That is, the operator of the broadcast content receiving apparatus can make a reservation with the same feeling as selecting a desired program by looking at a program column such as a newspaper. That is, the program contents displayed in a table format on the television receiver may be viewed, the desired program contents may be designated by the position designation means, and the desired program contents may be set by the setting means. Moreover, the position designated by the position designation means is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other positions by the identification display means. For this reason, it is not only very visual and easy to understand, but also there is no fear that the contents of the next program are mistakenly reserved. For this reason, reservation mistakes are very unlikely to occur.

Further, as in the broadcast content receiving apparatus according to the second aspect, the input means also captures the end time of each program (or the broadcast time: the time from the start to the end of the program), and displays the broadcast order. If the means displays each program in parallel in the order in which it is broadcast, each program is displayed in a size substantially proportional to its broadcast time, so that the program can be further improved.

On the other hand, regardless of the broadcast time, if all programs are set to the same size and displayed together, even if multiple programs are displayed, it is determined whether or not there is a relationship between the desired program to be broadcast on multiple channels and the counterprogram. become unable to know. In this regard, according to the present invention as set forth in claim 2, the broadcast time can be intuitively grasped depending on the size of each program displayed, and whether or not there is a relationship of the counter program is determined. Is very easy to understand.

In the broadcast content receiving device according to the third aspect, the broadcast content of the channel extracted by the tuner by the broadcast content output means is:
It has a video recording device for recording. Therefore,
When the program name is displayed in the above table format, a desired program is designated by the position designation means and selected by the setting means, the program is recorded in the video recording device.

In the broadcast contents receiving apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the identification display means blinks or reverses the position of the program content displayed at the position designated by the position designation means so as to be identifiable.

In this way, even when a very large number of programs are displayed on the screen, the location specified by the position specifying means can be recognized at a glance. Therefore, it is particularly effective when the number of channels to be displayed on one screen is large.

[Embodiment] In order to further clarify the configuration and operation of the present invention described above, an example in which the present invention is applied to a recording reservation control device as an embodiment of a broadcast content receiving device will be described below.
First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a further simplified example of the basic configuration of the recording reservation control device. As shown in the figure, the recording reservation control device includes a storage unit, a display control unit,
It mainly includes a selection unit, a recording setting unit, and a recording reservation unit. The storage means stores information related to the television broadcast, and the contents of the information include the contents of the television broadcast and the broadcast start / end times of the contents for about one to four weeks. It has become something. The display control means is for causing the information stored in the storage means to be displayed in a table format on the television receiver, and the selection means is obtained by integrating the position designation means, the identification display means, and the setting means of the present invention. This is for selecting a desired broadcast content from the displayed information. In accordance with the information thus selected, the recording setting means sets the broadcast time to the video recording device in the recording reservation means. FIG. 2 shows an actual recording reservation control device. The appearance of the recording reservation card 1 is a video tape recorder (VTR) 3 and a cable 4
It is a perspective view shown with the television receiver 5 connected via. As shown in the figure, the VTR 3 includes a cassette insertion section 7 for inserting a video cassette tape, a time display section 8 for displaying the current time, and a connection section 10 for slidingly inserting the card-shaped recording reservation card 1 from above.

The recording reservation card 1 stores the contents and time of a television broadcast program for one to several weeks in advance,
It is sold alone or with weekly and monthly magazines that explain the content of the program. In this embodiment, the contents of the program and the like are stored in the ROM as described later.
The information stored in the RAM backed up by the M or the battery may be rewritten by a vending machine or the like. The recording reservation card 1 is used by being attached to the connection section 10 of the VTR 3.

The recording reservation card 1 has control keys 11, 12, 13 on its surface on which characters such as "setting", "weekly" and "continuous" are engraved.
And cursor keys 21, 22, 2 with up, down, left, and right arrows
3,24 are provided. Note that a connector 30 connected to the connection section 10 in the VTR 3 is provided at the lowermost end.

Next, the internal configuration of the recording reservation card 1 and the VTR 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the drawing, the well-known CPU 31, ROM32, RAM33
Key input ports connected to each other by bus 34
35, an input / output port 38 and the like are provided.

The ROM 32 stores, together with the control program, brief contents of the broadcast program for one to four weeks and broadcast start and end times. The keys 11 to 13, 21 to 24 provided on the card surface are connected to the key input port 35 to input the operation state of each key. The input / output port 38 is a port for exchanging data and the like with a control device inside the VTR 3, and is connected to the internal bus 45 via the connector 3 when the recording reservation card 1 is mounted on the VTR 3.

On the other hand, inside the VTR 3, in addition to the well-known CPU 51, ROM 52, RAM 53, timer 55 interconnected by the bus 45,
A tuner 60 which receives a television broadcast wave via a 57 and demodulates a video / audio signal, a recording / reproducing unit 65 which records or reproduces the demodulated signal on a video tape, a video signal output unit 70 which outputs a video signal to the television 5, and the like. Is provided. The timer 55 has a calendar function for managing the date and a 24-hour clock function, and when the time set in advance by the CPU 51 via the internal bus 45 is notified to the CPU 51 as an interrupt,
The current time is displayed on the time display section 8. Also, tuner 60
Can select a channel to be demodulated in response to a command from the CPU 51. The demodulated video signal of the selected channel is output to the recording / reproducing unit 65, which also outputs the control signal of the CPU 51, and the recording / reproducing unit 65 receives this signal. In accordance with recording / reproduction of a video signal, a recording / reproduction head (not shown) is controlled, and a tape reel driving motor is controlled. Further, the video signal output unit 70 receives a video signal of a certain channel demodulated by the tuner 60, a video signal reproduced by the recording / reproduction unit 65,
The U51 reads out the image data stored in the RAM 53 and selects any one of the video signals generated, temporarily stores the video signal in an internal video memory (not shown), and constantly outputs the video signal to the television receiver 5. .

Next, the processing executed by the CPUs 31 and 51 of the recording reservation card 1 and the VTR 3 will be described with reference to the illustration of the program guide shown in FIG. 4 and the flowcharts shown in FIGS.
When the recording reservation card 1 is mounted on the VTR 3 and turned on, the card-side processing routine shown in FIG. 5 is started, and first, processing such as initialization of the cursor position is performed (step S1).
100). The initial position of the cursor is a predetermined origin, and in the program guide shown in FIG. 4, the program of the channel with the smallest number and the earliest time zone (program A in this embodiment)
This is the position corresponding to 1). Thereafter, a program table is read from the ROM 32 (step 110), and a process of outputting the program data in the area corresponding to the cursor position and the data at the cursor position to the VTR 3 via the input / output port 38 is performed (step 120). That is, since the entire program table cannot be displayed on the television receiver 5 at one time, one screen of program data is output centering on the position of the cursor.
The output program data is temporarily stored in the RAM 5 via the connector 30.
3 and later, under the control of the CPU 51, the video signal output unit 70
, Where it is converted to a video signal and then output to the television receiver 5. In other words, the connection unit 10 and the CPU 51 that performs the process of taking in the program data from the connection unit 10 take in information related to the broadcast contents from the external ROM 32 via the connector 30 and the like, and thus correspond to input means of the present invention. . Then, the process of step 120 is a process that combines the channel display means and the broadcast order display means of the present invention. Then, the process waits until a key provided on the surface of the recording reservation card 1 is operated (step 130), and the process proceeds to step 140 and subsequent steps according to the input key.

If the input key is a cursor key, the cursor data corresponding to one of the operated keys 21 to 24 is output (step 140), and the cursor position information stored in the RAM 33 is changed according to the structure of the program table. Then, a process of updating is performed (step 150). For example, when the cursor is at the position of the program C3 shown in FIG.
Is operated, the data is output from the video signal output unit 70 of the VTR 3, and the cursor position information in the recording reservation card 1 is updated from the program C3 to the position of the program C2. When the right arrow cursor key 24 is operated, the cursor position information is updated from the program C3 to the position of the program D3. After the above processing, the process returns to step 120 and executes the processing of step 120 and subsequent steps again. Therefore, if the cursor is moved out of the currently displayed area,
By the processing of step 120, the displayed program area is also updated.

In the judgment of step 130, the input key is the “setting” key 1
If it is determined to be 1, the start time of the program corresponding to the current cursor position information and its channel number are
Read from M32 (step 160). Here, the process of reading the start time of the program corresponds to the start time complementing means of the present invention, and the process of reading the channel corresponds to the channel complementing means of the present invention. Then, set the recording start time to VTR3 CPU51.
(Step 170). For example, if the cursor is on the program C3, the start time of this program 8
At hour 45, channel CH5 is read and output. That is, the setting key 11 corresponds to the setting means of the present invention. Then, the end time of the program is read out (step 18).
0), and a process of outputting the time is performed (step 19).
0). In the example described above, the end time of 9:30 is read and output.

On the other hand, when the "weekly" key 12 is input, the program stored in the ROM 3 is searched for the programs of the next week and thereafter (step 20).
0), it is determined whether or not a program identical to the program where the cursor is currently located exists in the next week or later (step 21).
0). If the same program exists after the next week, read and output of the start time and channel including the date of the program and read and output of the end time are performed in the same manner as when the "SET" key is operated as described above ( Steps 160-190). If there is no identical program, the process returns to step 120 and the process is repeated from key input. By this processing, even when the same program is broadcasted in a different time zone after the next week, it can be easily reserved. The processing on the VTR 3 will be described later.

If the input key is the "continuous" key 13 in step 130, a process of canceling the end time of a continuous program among a plurality of programs set so far is performed (step 220). As a result, when recording of a plurality of continuous programs (including different channels and the same channel) is set, the power of the VTR 3 is not turned off every time the broadcast time of one program ends.

The processing on the recording reservation card 1 has been described above. According to this processing, the following processing is performed on the VTR 3 side. As shown in FIG. 6, first, it waits until data is output from the recording reservation card 1 (step 300), and when there is data output, the contents are determined (step 300).
310). The content of the output is the cursor data (step 1 in Figure 5).
In the case of (corresponding to 40), the CPU 51 outputs data to the video signal output unit 70 and updates the reverse position of the program being displayed (step 350). For example, in the case where the program C3 shaded in FIG. 4 is highlighted, if information indicating that the down arrow cursor key 22 has been operated is sent from the recording reservation card 1, the program C4 is highlighted and displayed. The output is switched to the output of the video signal normally displayed on C3. In other words, the cursor keys 21 to 24 correspond to the position designating means of the present invention, and the process of inverting and displaying the designated program corresponds to the identification display means of the present invention.

On the other hand, when the content of the output from the recording reservation card 1 is the data of the program guide, the data is temporarily stored in the RAM 53 in accordance with the data output in step 120 of FIG. Video signal output unit 70 as data to be displayed on
(Step 320) and a process of inputting cursor position data output by the recording reservation card 1 (step 330). Subsequently, a process of setting the position of the program to be inverted and displayed on the video signal output unit 70 based on the input data of the cursor position is performed (step 340).

If the contents of the output from the recording reservation card 1 are processing on the card side and set time information corresponding to steps 170 and 190, this information is temporarily stored in the RAM 53 (step 36).
0), a process of setting the date and time closest to the present time among the plurality of stored time information to the timer 55 (step 370). When the set date and time are reached, the timer 55 interrupts the CPU 51, and the tuner 60 and the recording / playback unit.
The CPU 65 is driven to perform a process of recording a stored channel program on a video cassette tape.

After the completion of the processing of steps 310 to 370, the process returns to step 300 and repeats from the processing of waiting for data output from the recording reservation card 1.

With the processing on the recording reservation card 1 side and the processing on the VTR 3 side described above, the user sets the recording reservation as follows.

(1) First, when the recording reservation card 1 is mounted on the VTR 3 and the power is turned on, a part of the program table of the day is displayed on the television receiver 5 in a table format as shown in FIG. By operating the cursor keys 21 to 24, a desired program can be highlighted, and if a cursor operation is performed to move the highlighted display part out of the currently displayed area, a display area is displayed. Is updated. Although the process of displaying and displaying a program table other than the program table of the day has not been particularly described, a dedicated key may be provided or a cursor key may be provided.
It is also preferable to display the program table of the previous day or the next day by a combination of 21, 22 and another key.

(2) When the “SET” key 11 of the recording reservation card 1 is operated in a state where the desired program is highlighted, the start time including the date of the program, the channel and the end time are stored, and the VTR 3 displays the start time. When it comes, the stored channel is received / demodulated by the tuner 60 and output, and the recording / reproducing unit 65 starts recording, and ends the recording when the end time comes. That is, the processing of this portion is a processing obtained by adding processing for controlling the recording / reproducing unit 65 to processing corresponding to the broadcast content output means of the present invention.

(3) After making a recording reservation for a certain program, if the "Weekly" key 12 is operated, the contents of the program after the next week stored in the ROM 32 in advance are searched, and the same program as the currently highlighted program is displayed. If exists, the start time including the date
Set the channel and end time. Therefore, even if the same program is broadcast in different time zones, it is possible to make a recording reservation without error.

(4) After setting the recording reservation for multiple programs,
When the key 13 is operated, the setting of the end time of the program in the continuous time zone among the programs reserved for recording is canceled. Therefore, when recording a plurality of programs in a continuous time zone, the power of the VTR 3 is not turned off every time the set programs are completed, which is preferable in terms of the durability of the VTR 3.

As described above, the recording reservation card 1 of the present embodiment
Stores in advance the contents of a program for one week to several weeks and the start and end times thereof, and displays them on the television receiver 5 to make a reservation for recording the program. be able to. Since it is only necessary to select a program, there is no need to set time, read a barcode, or the like, and even a person who is not used to operating the machine can perform the operation. Further, in the present embodiment, programs having the same contents can be searched, so that even when continuous programs are broadcast in different time zones, recording reservation can be easily made.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments at all. For example, a touch board installed on a screen of a television receiver instead of a cursor key, a mouse or a light pen It goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various modes without departing from the paper of the present invention, such as a configuration for selecting a desired program and a configuration in which keys for setting operations are directly provided on the TVR.

Effect of the Invention As described in detail above, according to the broadcast content receiving apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the program content is visually displayed in a table format on the television receiver. This allows the operator to recognize the abstract and easily erroneous information such as the channel and the start time by comparing it with the program contents of different channels or the program contents broadcast before and after the same channel. be able to. Therefore, the user is intuitively instructed to pay attention to whether the program is erroneous with a similar program at a different channel or an adjacent time.

The reservation of the program contents is completed by specifying the position where the desired program contents are displayed from the program contents displayed in the table format by the position specifying means and operating the setting means. During this time, there is no need to handle abstract information such as channels and start times. The start time is supplemented by the start time supplementing means, and the channel is supplemented by the channel complementing means.

That is, the operator of the broadcast content receiving apparatus can make a reservation with the same feeling as selecting a desired program by looking at a program column such as a newspaper. That is, the program contents displayed in a table format on the television receiver may be viewed, the desired program contents may be designated by the position designation means, and the desired program contents may be set by the setting means. Moreover, the position designated by the position designation means is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other positions by the identification display means. For this reason, it is not only very visual and easy to understand, but also there is no fear that the contents of the next program are mistakenly reserved. For this reason, reservation mistakes are very unlikely to occur.

Therefore, according to the broadcast content receiving apparatus of claim 1,
If connection is made in advance so that the video signal of the extracted channel is displayed on a desired image output device (for example, a television receiver) and the above operation is performed before the broadcast time, the desired broadcast content is displayed. You can see it from the beginning. In the conventionally proposed method of displaying the broadcast content and its barcode side by side, and inputting the barcode to the device, the barcode is read one step wrong and the broadcast content displayed next to the desired broadcast content is read. However, there is a risk of selecting
According to the broadcast content receiving device described above, the screen position where the broadcast content is displayed is displayed in a different display state from the other positions, so that this does not occur.

In the broadcast content receiving apparatus according to the second aspect, the input means also captures the end time (or broadcast time) of each program, and the broadcast order display means displays each program in a size substantially proportional to the broadcast time. Since the contents of each program are displayed in parallel in the order in which they are broadcast, the broadcast time can be intuitively grasped depending on the size of each program displayed, and whether or not there is a relationship between the back programs Is very easy to understand.

In the broadcast contents receiving apparatus according to the third aspect, since the broadcast contents output means includes a video recording device for recording the broadcast contents of the channel extracted by the tuner, the broadcast contents are displayed on the television receiver in a table format. A recording reservation can be made by a simple operation of selecting a desired program from the program name using the position specifying means and the setting means.
By playing back the recorded content in this manner, an excellent effect that desired broadcast content can be viewed can be obtained.

In the broadcast content receiving apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the identification display means blinks or reverses the position of the program content displayed at the position designated by the position designation means so that the program content can be identified. Even when a very large number of programs are displayed on the screen, the location specified by the position specifying means can be recognized at a glance. Therefore, it is particularly effective when the number of channels to be displayed on one screen is large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the basic configuration of a recording reservation control device according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a recording reservation card 1 together with a video tape recorder 3, and FIG. Similarly, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the recording reservation card 1 and the video tape recorder 3, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of program display in the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing on the recording reservation card 1 side, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing on the video tape recorder 3 side. 1. Recording reservation card 3. Video tape recorder (VTR) 5. Television receiver 11, 12, 13, Control keys 21, 22, 23, 24 Cursor keys 55 Timer, 60 Tuner 65: Recording / playback unit, 70: Video signal output unit

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A broadcast content receiving apparatus provided with a tuner for extracting a designated channel from received TV broadcast contents, wherein at least information including at least each program content, its start time and its broadcast channel is provided. Input means for externally inputting the broadcast content to the broadcast content receiving apparatus; and extracting the TV program content of each channel from the information input by the input means, and vertically or horizontally displaying the TV program content for each channel. Channel display means for arranging and displaying the same channel in the information taken in by the input means, in the order of broadcasting, in a direction perpendicular to the one direction, and displaying the program on the television receiver. Broadcast order display means, and a television displayed on the television receiver by the broadcast order display means and the channel display means. Position designating means for designating a position where an arbitrary program content is displayed from the program contents of the program; and a program content displayed at the position designated by the position designating means, Identification display means for displaying the content of the program so as to be identifiable with the program content; setting means for setting the program content corresponding to the portion identifiably displayed by the identification display means as a desired program; A channel complementer for extracting a channel of a program corresponding to the set location from the information and setting the channel as a desired program; and a start time of a program corresponding to the location set by the setting unit from the information. A start time complementing means for taking out and setting the information as desired program information, and when the start time set by the start time complementing means comes, the channel complementing means Broadcast content receiving apparatus, characterized in that the channel set and a broadcast content output means for extracting the said tuner Ri. 2. The broadcast content receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said input means fetches information including at least the contents of each program of the television, its start time, its end time or its broadcast time, and its broadcast channel from outside. Wherein the broadcast order display means displays each program content in parallel in the broadcast order on the television receiver in a size substantially proportional to the broadcast time of each program content on the television receiver. The broadcast content receiving device according to claim 1. 3. The broadcast content receiving apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a video recorder for recording the broadcast content of the channel extracted by said tuner by said broadcast content output means. 4. The identification display means blinks or reverses the program content displayed at the position designated by the position designation means, so that the program content at the position not designated can be distinguished from the program content at the position not designated. The broadcast content receiving device according to claim 1, wherein