Method for programming a recording of a program by means of a digital television decoder

A method for programming a recording of a program by means of a digital television decoder, the digital television decoder having a service plan comprising a plurality of services, the program to be recorded being broadcast on a first service from said plurality of services, the digital television decoder being aware of the first service, an identifier of the program to be recorded and a theoretical start time of the program to be recorded, the method comprising the following steps:

• when the digital television decoder receives a first standardized table from the first service, the first standardized table comprising at any moment a first data frame related to a first program currently being broadcast on the first service and a second data frame related to a second program broadcast on the first service immediately after the first program, each program-related data frame comprising an identifier of said program, putting the digital television decoder in a first operational mode in which said decoder starts recording the program to be recorded on the basis of the detection of the identifier of said program in the first standardized table;
• when the digital television decoder detects no reception of the first standardized table, putting the digital television decoder in a second operational mode according to which said decoder starts recording the program on the basis of the theoretical start time of the program;
• the first standardized table being broadcast by a first frequency, calculating by the digital television decoder a connection cut-off time at the first frequency on the basis of the theoretical start time of the program to be recorded and a safety time interval, the connection cut-off time at the first frequency being prior to or equal to the theoretical start time of the program to be recorded;
• when the digital television decoder is put in the second operational mode before the connection cut-off time, connecting the digital television decoder to the first frequency at the latest at said connection cut-off time;
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• when the digital television decoder is put in the second operational mode at the connection cut-off time or after the connection cut-off time, connecting the digital television decoder to the first frequency as soon as it is put in the second operational mode.