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PURPOSE:To easily view the continuation of an interrupted program by storing the interruption time when audience is interrupted and automatically selecting a channel with the lapsing time nearest to the interrupted time by a channel broadcasting the same program as the interrupted one in the case of restarting the audience. CONSTITUTION:A CATV center 101 is provided with a modulating means broadcasting the same broadcasting program by different channels and in different time zones and superposing and sending the link data and starting time data to a TV signal to be transferred. A CATV terminal equipment 102 is provided with an interrupted time calculating means calculating and storing the interruted passing time from starting the broadcasting of the presceribed broadcasting program by the starting time data in the case of interrupted the program and a broadcasting channel selection means selecting channels broadcasting the same program as the one which is interrupting by the link data in the case of restarting the broadcasting of the program. Thus, the prescribed channel is selected according to the difference between the calculated lapse time and the interrupted lapse time.
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