Abstract: A method of displaying a progress bar and to a television receiver using the same, enables a plurality of stored broadcast programs to be identified according to broadcast channel or broadcast program. The method includes steps of pre-storing, in a memory of the television receiver, a plurality of display characterization indicators, the pre-stored indicators being arranged in a table of the memory to correspond to a plurality of broadcast program characteristics of at least one broadcast signal; storing, in a personal video recorder of the television receiver, a broadcast signal received by the television receiver in real time; periodically extracting broadcast program markers from the received broadcast signal, each marker being indicative of at least one of the plurality of broadcast program characteristics; and displaying the progress bar according to the extracted broadcast program markers, the displayed progress bar being superposed on a display of the broadcast signal.