Abstract: In an apparatus for receiving a digital broadcasting, the apparatus become easier for a user to handle by supplying a recording medium in which service information containing information that cannot be obtained in the broadcasting are recorded to the user. An information receiving and reproducing apparatus comprises a detachable recording medium in which digital broadcasting service information are recorded, a reproducing control apparatus for selectively reproducing service information from the recording medium, means for generating an OSD (on-screen display) signal based on a reproduced signal, a decoding unit for decoding an encoded reproduced signal or an encoded received signal and an OSD synthesizing unit for synthesizing the OSD signal and a decoded video signal.