Program guide information producing apparatus and related program guide information collecting/transmitting system

摘要

A program guide information producing apparatus (102) outputs self-produced program guide information and other broadcaster's program guide information. In the program guide information producing apparatus (102), a common program guide information producing section (204) generates self-produced common program guide information. Furthermore, a program guide information output section (203) unites the self-produced common program guide information with other broadcaster's common program guide information received from a program guide information collecting/transmitting apparatus (101) and outputs the united common program guide information. Thus, the self-produced common program guide information is surely output even when the program guide information collecting/transmitting apparatus (101) or the like is in trouble.