METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST CONTENT IN UPNP NETWORK

摘要

A method and an apparatus for providing broadcast contents in a UPnP(Universal Plug and Play) network are provided to allow a user to watch a broadcast seamlessly even when a channel is changed while a media renderer receives external broadcast contents provided from a media server and renders them. A connection establishing unit(713) establishes a connection for streaming with a media renderer(720). A request recognizing unit(715) recognizes a message requesting a change of a channel received from a control point while broadcast contents of a certain channel is being transmitted through a link. A channel changing unit(714) changes a broadcast reception channel while maintaining connection so that broadcast contents of the requested channel can be transmitted instead of the broadcast contents which were being transmitted.