摘要 |
An apparatus for receiving digital broadcasting and a control method thereof are provided to download and execute applications of each channel by referring to AIT(application information table) of each channel when a channel map is not checked, thereby downloading the applications through user preference channels. An apparatus for receiving digital broadcasting comprises a broadcasting tuning part(10), a cable card(20), an additional data processing part(34), and a control part(60). The broadcasting tuning part receives broadcasting signals. The cable card decodes the broadcasting signal and performs user authentication. The additional data processing part includes channel maps using the additional data. The control part tunes monitor application containing channels and downloads/executes the monitor applications by referring to the channel maps and XAIT(extended application information table) when the channel map is checked, and downloads/executes the application of each channel, using AIT when the channel map is not checked.
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