Reception device

A receiving apparatus having a television broadcasting receiving section for receiving television broadcasting, and

• a content acquiring section connected to a communication network via a communication interface for acquiring contents on the communication network, said receiving apparatus comprising:
• a content identifier conversion table for holding channel numbers designated via an input device, and information about content identifiers corresponding to the channel numbers;
• a channel selection control section for converting a designated channel number to a corresponding content identifier with reference to said content identifier conversion table;
• and
• a display control section for receiving the content identifier passing through the conversion, for instructing, when the content identifier is a channel of the television broadcasting, said television broadcasting receiving section to receive a program of the channel, for instructing, when the content identifier is an identifier of contents on the communication network, said content acquiring section to acquire the contents, and for supplying to an output device the acquired television program or the contents on the communication network.