METHOD OF ACCESS USING A TELEVISION DECODER AND A DECODER ADAPTED TO CARRY OUT THE METHOD

摘要

A method and apparatus for accessing services using a television decoder comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of service locations at which services can be accessed in a data storage device, each service location being associated with an internal channel number, providing the internal channel number of a desired service to the decoder; the decoder obtaining the service location associated with the internal channel number from the data storage device, and the decoder accessing the service at the obtained service location.