Storage type receiving device

摘要

The present invention provides a user-friendly system to both a viewer(s) and a content provider(s), for distributing partial contents. A receiving part 20 receives a desired transport stream and outputs it to a restoring part 22. The restoring part 22 selects a desired service within the transport stream and restores its content. A storing control portion 28 automatically stores preview programs of pay-per-view-contents into a storage part 32 independent of a command from a user. A playback control portion 30 reads out a preview program stored in the storage part 32 in accordance with a command from a user, and the preview thus read out is provided to restoring part 22 for restoration. <IMAGE>