| 摘要 |
An apparatus for selecting television programmes for display on a television, includes a receiver for receiving audio/video data representing the television programmes and for receiving data indicating a schedule for the television programmes. The schedule of television programmes includes television programmes which have been transmitted by the one or more broadcast transmission systems and for one or more of the television programmes in the television schedule, which have been transmitted, an indication that the television programme can be received by selectively streaming audio/video data representing the television programme from one or more servers. A control processor receives the data indicating the schedule of television programmes and generates signals representing the schedule of television programmes for display on the television, so that a user may select the television programs for display on the television or for recording. Thus, the generated signals can form an Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) when displayed to the user on a television thereby forming an interface through which the user can select appropriate television programmes. The control process is configured to determine that one of the television programmes which has been broadcast is not available to be selectively streamed and for the identified programme to identify one or more alternative sources of the audio/video data relating to the television programme and to arrange for the generated signals representing the schedule of television programmes to include an indication of the alternatives for selection by a user. The user is therefore provided with a convenient way of retrieving television programmes from alternatives sources including pay per view in a convenient and efficient way. |
