APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TELEVISION

摘要

An apparatus for selecting television programs for display on a display device, for example a television, includes a receiver receiving audio/video data representing the television programs and receiving data indicating a schedule for the television programs. A control process receives an indication for at least one of the television programs to be broadcast providing a status of an availability for streaming the television program after the television program has been broadcast, and in response to the indication of the status of the availability for streaming the television program to perform a predetermined action in accordance with predetermined conditions. The predetermined actions may include, for example, recording the television program or generating a prompt for the user to watch the broadcast television program in response to an indication by the availability status that the television program will not be made available for streaming after being broadcast.

主权项

1. An apparatus for selecting television programmes programs for display on a display device, the apparatus comprising:
receiver circuitry for receiving audio/video data representing the television programs and for receiving data indicating a schedule for transmission of the television programs, the schedule of television programs including television programs which are to be broadcast by one or more broadcast transmission systems for each of a plurality of television channels with respect to a transmission time, and television programs which have been transmitted by the one or more broadcast transmission systems, and for one or more of the television programs which have been transmitted an indication that the television program can be received by selectively streaming audio/video data representing the television program from one or more servers, control processor circuitry configured to receive the data indicating the schedule of television programs and to generate signals representing the schedule of television programs for display on the display device which are selectable by a user for display on the display device or recording, wherein the control processor circuitry is configured to receive an indication for at least one of the television programs which are to be broadcast providing a status of an availability for streaming the television program after the television program has been broadcast, and in response to the indication of the status of the availability for streaming the television program to perform a predetermined action in accordance with predetermined conditions.