Apparatus and method for recording digital broadcast on exchangeable storage medium, and exchangeable storage medium therefor

Abstract

An apparatus and method for recording digital broadcasts on an exchangeable storage medium are provided for automatically recording broadcast contents desired by a user on the exchangeable storage medium. When recording the digital broadcast contents on exchangeable storage media MS1 to MS3, a recording condition of the broadcast contents is written in the exchangeable storage medium, and then the digital broadcast with n channels data multiplexed therein is received. At this time, it is checked whether or not the recording condition in the exchangeable storage medium is satisfied, with reference to information included in each channel data. If predetermined channel data satisfies the recording condition, the broadcast contents included in the predetermined channel data are recorded on the exchangeable storage medium.

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