Broadcast receiving apparatus and method for providing widget service thereof

A method for providing a widget service in a broadcast receiving apparatus, the method comprising:

• allocating a widget service to an available channel to create a widget service channel;
• extracting at least part of widget information, which is to be fitted to a picture-in-picture (PIP) screen, from all widget information required to provide the widget service;
• and
• displaying the extracted at least part of the widget information on the PIP screen, upon occurrence of an event to display a widget service channel on the PIP screen,
• wherein at least one of the allocating, the extracting and the displaying is performed using a processor.

A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

• a receiver that receives widget information;
• and
• a display unit that displays at least a part of the received widget information on a picture-in-picture (PIP) screen,
• wherein the PIP screen is configured to display thereon a larger or smaller portion of the received widget information depending on a size of the PIP screen.

A method of providing widget services, the method comprising:

• receiving widget information from a network;
• mapping at least a part of the received widget information to a picture-in-picture (PIP) screen;
• and
• displaying the mapped at least a part of the widget information on the PIP screen to provide a widget service allocated to an available channel.