摘要 |
Provided is an in-home receiving terminal system capable of detecting that a receiving terminal device is outside a subscriber's house, and restricting viewing of cable television broadcasting by the receiving terminal device outside the subscriber's house. In the in-home receiving terminal system comprising a main terminal device and a sub-terminal device for receiving digital cable television broadcasting, the main terminal device and the sub-terminal device being connected to an in-home network, a link detecting portion of the sub-terminal device detects the status of a link connection with the in-home network, and a terminal control portion of the sub-terminal device controls activation/deactivation of a television reception tuner based on the detected status of the link connection.
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