Information receiving apparatus, information receiving method, program, and broadcast system

摘要

Disclosed herein is an information receiving apparatus (20) including an EPG processing section (21) configured to acquire electric program guide information (EPG information) from broadcast waves in a suitably timed manner before storing the acquired EPG information; an iEPG information acquisition section (24) configured to acquire Internet-derived EPG information (iEPG information) from the Internet; and a reservation system section (27) configured to let programs be reserved for recording using time designations based on the iEPG information.