Receiving apparatus and display control method

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a user interface that a user can use more easily in purchasing a program.
According to the invention, there is provided a receiving apparatus which receives transmitted program information of a plurality of programs together with transmitted video and audio signals thereof, comprising selecting means for selecting a desired program from among the plurality of programs; and chargeable program information display control means for displaying information relating to a chargeable program that is selected by a given manipulation from among programs that are rendered selectable by the selecting means, the chargeable program information display control means presenting a graphic display indicating progress in time of the selected chargeable program at a present time.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a display control method for a receiving apparatus which receives transmitted program information of a plurality of programs together with transmitted video and audio signals thereof and displays program information of a selected program, the display control method comprising the steps of judging whether a chargeable program has been selected by a tuner; and presenting a graphic display indicating progress in time of the selected chargeable program at a present time if it is judged that the chargeable program has been selected.
With the above constitution of the invention, the progress in time of, for instance, a PPV program (chargeable program) is graphically displayed as PPV-program-related information in a PPV program purchasing picture.
Therefore, for instance, an elapsed broadcast time of the PPV program at the present time with respect to its total broadcast time can be displayed so as to be recognized visually.
Where a selected PPV program accommodates NVOD, such information as the progress in time of each of PPV programs having the same contents as the selected PPV program and to be broadcast on different channels can also be displayed in a purchasing picture, for instance