摘要 |
An entertainment system comprises a receiver, operable to receive broadcast programmes and electronic programme guide data, a display generator, operable to generate an image for display, a user interface generator, operable to use received electronic programme guide data to generate an electronic programme guide that indicates one or more programmes on a broadcast schedule, for display as some or all of the image, a user input operable to receive an input indicating a programme that has been selected by a user from the electronic programme guide, and a network communicator operable to communicate with one or more remote entertainment systems over a network; and in which the entertainment system is arranged in operation to obtain information based upon the electronic programme guide data corresponding to the user's selected programme, and the communicator is arranged in operation to transmit a message comprising the obtained information to one or more remote entertainment systems, thereby indicating to the or each remote entertainment system the user's selected programme. |