Abstract: A broadcast receiver, broadcast data transmitting method and broadcast data receiving method are disclosed, by which information on a service provided by a service provider can be provided, by which a preview can be provided, and by which a time taken for a channel switching can be reduced. The present invention includes transmitting service provider discovery information including information on a service provider, transmitting service discovery information including information on a service provided to the service provider, and transmitting a stream for the service to a connected receiver.

Abstract: A video device having a priority-based recording function and a control method for the same are disclosed in which timer recording is performed based on user preferences. First, recording priority of a specific program for timer or immediate recording is set. When the time to perform the timer or immediate recording is reached, it is determined whether or not at least one program preset for timer recording, which has a higher recording priority than the specific program and which have not yet been recorded, is present. If the at least one program is present, the sum of a memory capacity required for the specific program and a memory capacity required for the at least one program is compared with an available memory capacity of the video device. The specific program is recorded if the sum of the memory capacities is less than or equal to the available memory capacity.

Abstract: A broadcast receiver, broadcast data transmitting method and broadcast data receiving method are disclosed, by which information on a service provided by a service provider can be provided, by which a preview can be provided, and by which a time taken for a channel switching can be reduced. The present invention includes transmitting service provider discovery information including information on a service provider, transmitting service discovery information including information on a service provided to the service provider, and transmitting a stream for the service to a connected receiver.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying additional information on a TV program is disclosed. In the present invention, both a detail information included in the additional information transmitted by a broadcasting station or detail information obtained from an external source such as the Internet may be displayed to a user, it requested.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for capturing an object in a TV program to display or print an object selected by a user is disclosed. The present invention includes a media object description table decoder to generate a data file corresponding to the object captured among the image frames being displayed on a display unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing additional information in a display device. It is detected whether additional information newly received from a broadcasting station is different from previously received additional information. If the newly and previously received additional information are different from each other, it is also detected whether the newly received additional information is a substitute for the previously received additional information. If the newly received additional information is the substitute for the previously received additional information, previous redundant additional information stored in a memory is updated to the newly received additional information. Then, a visual indication of the updated additional information is provided to a viewer. When a scheduled program has been changed, such a situation is automatically detected and notified to the viewer. Therefore, the viewer can be prevented from becoming confused and also reserving an undesired program.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for displaying additional information on a TV program is disclosed. In the present invention, both a detail information included in the additional information transmitted by a broadcasting station or detail information obtained from an external source such as the Internet may be displayed to a user, it requested.