Program guide display device, program guide display method, and program guide display program

A program guide display method comprising:

• a program guide display processing step of a program guide display unit displaying an electronic program guide;
• a cursor display processing step of a cursor display unit displaying a cursor which is a mark indicating a cell currently being selected from among cells associated with a plurality of programs which construct the electronic program guide displayed in said program guide display processing step in a vicinity of said cell;
• a moving operation reception processing step of a moving operation receiving unit receiving an operation of moving said cursor;
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• a cursor control processing step of, when a direction of movement of the operation received in said moving operation reception processing step is a rightward or leftward direction of said electronic program guide, a cursor control unit outputting a command for moving a display position of said cursor in the rightward or leftward direction without changing a coordinate in an upward or downward direction of said cursor to said cursor display unit to change said cell currently being selected from one cell to another.

A program guide display program for causing a computer to carry out:

• a program guide display processing procedure for displaying an electronic program guide;
• a cursor display processing procedure for displaying a cursor which is a mark indicating a cell currently being selected from among cells associated with a plurality of programs which construct the electronic program guide displayed according to said program guide display processing procedure in a vicinity of said cell;
• a moving operation reception processing procedure for receiving an operation of moving said cursor;
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• a cursor control processing procedure for, when a direction of movement of the operation received according to said moving operation reception processing procedure is a rightward or leftward direction of said electronic program guide, outputting a command for moving a display position of said cursor in the rightward or leftward direction without changing a coordinate in an upward or downward direction of said cursor to said cursor display processing procedure to change said cell currently being selected from one cell to another.