Method of processing channel information and receiver

A method of processing channel information of a receiver, the method comprising:

• parsing a packet including at least one of content information and provider information to extract the information included in the packet;
• storing the extracted content information and provider information, and creating and managing a channel map using the stored information;
• receiving a plurality of channel identification information and forming multi-part channel information using the received channel identification information;
• and
• connecting to a content service server providing content service corresponding to the multi-part channel information using the channel map.

A method of processing channel information of a receiver, the method comprising:

• receiving service provider discovery information including service provider identification information;
• receiving service discovery information including content provider identification information and content service identification information;
• and
• storing the identification information included in the service provider discovery information and the identification information included in the service discovery information and creating a channel map using the stored information.