摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method, apparatus and program for optimizing 'actual' (present in a currently received transport stream) and 'other' (present in the other transport streams) table type EPG information acquisition.SOLUTION: In a broadcast stream multiplex, information is included in event information tables (EITs) of type 'actual' that comprises event or program information about a selected service, and of type 'other' that comprises event information about other services in the multiplex. An EPG database is updated with the event information included in the event information tables under prescribed conditions only.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 |