Recording/reproduction apparatus, recording/reproducing method, program, and medium for the same

A method of recording/reproducing received contents, comprising:

• acquiring guidance information for said contents;
• reserving recording of contents with the possibility of extension of the broadcasting period of time, based on said acquired guidance information, by extending a recording period of time for reservation within a time zone not conflicting with a reservation for recording other contents;
• and
• in reproducing said contents reserved for recording, finding out, when reproduction of the contents with the possibility of extension of a broadcasting period of time for the same is terminated, recording of other contents of the same broadcasting service recorded substantially in succession to the reproduced contents, and reproducing said other contents found out.

A system for recording broadcasted contents and reproducing the recorded contents, the system comprising:

• a processor operable to execute instructions;
• and
• instructions for performing a recording/reproducing method, the method including:
• acquiring guidance information for said contents;
• reserving recording of contents with the possibility of extension of the broadcasting period of time, based on said acquired guidance information, by extending a recording period of time for reservation within a time zone not conflicting with a reservation for recording other contents;
• and
• finding out, when reproduction of the contents with the possibility of extension of a broadcasting period of time for the same is terminated, recording of other contents of the same broadcasting service recorded substantially in succession to the reproduced contents, and reproducing said other contents found out.

A medium having a program stored therein for providing controls for recording received contents and reproducing the recorded contents, said program comprising:

• acquiring guidance information for said contents;
• reserving recording of contents with the possibility of extension of the broadcasting period of time, based on said acquired guidance information, by extending a recording period of time for reservation within a time zone not conflicting with a reservation for recording other contents;
• and
• finding out, when reproduction of the contents with the possibility of extension of a broadcasting period of time for the same is terminated, recording of other contents of the same broadcasting service recorded substantially in succession to the reproduced contents, and reproducing said other contents found out.