Abstract: When electronic mail is arrived while digital broadcasting is being viewed in a portable receiving terminal (2), a process for automatically opening the electronic mail, or a process for opening the electronic mail according to an instruction by a user is to be carried out. In addition, when the process for opening the electronic mail is thus carried out while a video obtained by receiving broadcast is being displayed, a process for switching to a display screen for an electronic mail content (body text) is not carried out. Instead, the video obtained by receiving broadcast is remained displayed, and the content (body text) obtained as a result of opening the electronic mail, too, is displayed by an OSD function within the same screen (liquid crystal display panel 202).

Abstract: Broadcasting is received in a desk peripheral, to store coded video data in a memory card. A portable viewing apparatus decodes the coded video data stored in the memory card, to display video on a liquid crystal display panel. Channel selection information for receiving the broadcasting in the desk peripheral is fed from the memory card. The portable viewing apparatus stores the channel selection information in the memory card by user entry. The portable viewing apparatus is supplied with charging power from the desk peripheral.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus comprising a broadcast receiving function for receiving a television broadcast and a telephone communication function for performing a telephone communication, wherein an audio output device comprising audio output units of two systems, the audio output device outputting a television audio and a telephone-received audio, and an audio processing circuit for outputting the television audio using one of the audio output units of the two systems and outputting the telephone-received audio using the other audio output unit when a telephone communication is performed while the television is continuously viewed/listened to, are provided.

Abstract: When electronic mail is arrived while digital broadcasting is being viewed in a portable receiving terminal (2), a process for automatically opening the electronic mail, or a process for opening the electronic mail according to an instruction by a user is to be carried out. In addition, when the process for opening the electronic mail is thus carried out while a video obtained by receiving broadcast is being displayed, a process for switching to a display screen for an electronic mail content (body text) is not carried out. Instead, the video obtained by receiving broadcast is remained displayed, and the content (body text) obtained as a result of opening the electronic mail, too, is displayed by an OSD function within the same screen (liquid crystal display panel 202).

Abstract: Broadcasting is received in a desk peripheral, to store coded video data in a memory card. A portable viewing apparatus decodes the coded video data stored in the memory card, to display video on a liquid crystal display panel. Channel selection information for receiving the broadcasting in the desk peripheral is fed from the memory card. The portable viewing apparatus stores the channel selection information in the memory card by user entry. The portable viewing apparatus is supplied with charging power from the desk peripheral.