摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital broadcast receiver capable of improving a response speed in a channel selecting operation by predicting a service (program) to be selected by a user from broadcast information (EPG/ECG, PSI/SI, etc.) and previously decoding a predicted service (program) at necessary timing.SOLUTION: A digital broadcast receiver includes: a tuner part for acquiring broadcast data from a broadcast wave; a demultiplexer part for acquiring broadcast information and a broadcast service from broadcast data; a broadcast information management section for managing broadcast information; a decoder part for decoding a broadcast service; and a channel selection processing section capable of predicting a broadcast service having a probability to be selected by a user on the basis of broadcast information, and instructing the start and stop of decoding the broadcast service with respect to the decoder part on the basis of a prediction result. |