Digital broadcast reception apparatus for retrieving broadcast program information, and computer-readable record medium carrying a computer program allowing a computer to function as a digital broadcast reception apparatus

摘要

A digital broadcast reception apparatus which can immediately display program information of the genres the viewer desires in program information searches for digital broadcasts. The control unit 409 extracts channels and genres of the programs from the short program information, and also stores a genre information database which shows relationships between the channels and genres in the storage unit 407. When having received specification of desired genres from the viewer, the control unit 409 searches the long program information for the program information of the channels corresponding to the genres that match the desired genres in the genre information database. The display control unit 406 displays the obtained program information as the search result.