Media receiving apparatus, media receiving method, and media distribution system

摘要

A media receiving apparatus capable of preventing media from being positioned in an invalid display area or a program from being temporarily stopped, even if the vertical/horizontal ratio of the resolution of the display section is switched while a broadcast or streaming program is being displayed. In this apparatus there are a plurality of display sections D 1 and D 2 with different resolutions, and a display directive section ( 303 ) directs a display section to be set as active in accordance with the mode of use of the user. A layout information selection section ( 304 ) selects a layout corresponding to the resolution of the display section indicated by the display directive section ( 303 ) from layout information that includes layouts corresponding to display sections D 1 and D 2 distributed from a media distribution apparatus, and in accordance with the selected layout a media display control section ( 306 ) selects media distributed from the media distribution apparatus, performs conversion processing comprising enlargement or reduction, and displays media on the display section designated by the display directive section ( 303 ).