Digital contents receiving apparatus

A receiving apparatus capable of receiving digital moving image contents from outside providers of the digital moving image contents comprising:

• a manually operable unit arranged to turn on and off the receiving apparatus in response to a manual operation;
• a first unit arranged to designate one of the digital moving image contents in the outside provider;
• a second unit arranged to keep information necessary for the first unit to designate the same digital moving image content again;
• a third unit arranged to have the second unit keep the information when the manually operable unit turns off the receiving apparatus and have the first unit designate the same digital moving image content again when the manually operable unit turns on the receiving apparatus afterward;
• a fourth unit arranged to receive the designated digital moving image content in response to the designation by the first unit;
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• a display unit arranged for viewing the digital moving image contents received by the fourth unit.

A receiving apparatus capable of receiving digital moving image contents from outside providers of the digital moving image contents comprising:

• a selector unit arranged to manually select one of the digital moving image contents provided in accordance with a program schedule table predetermined by the provider;
• a receiver unit arranged to receive the selected digital moving image content from a first part which is provided by the provider at the time of selection by the selector unit;
• a display unit arranged for viewing the digital moving image contents received by the receiver unit;
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• a controller unit arranged to make it possible for the display unit to display a second part of the same digital moving image content which has been already provided by the provider.