Program recording and viewing reservation system and method thereof

A recording and viewing reservation apparatus for performing reservation of recording and viewing a broadcast program on a display screen, comprising:

• an extractor which extracts a broadcast program timetable that is transmitted from a broadcast station;
• a display unit which simultaneously displays said broadcast program timetable and a viewing reservation timetable on said display screen;
• a selection receiver which receives a selection input to select a broadcast program in said broadcast program timetable on said display screen;
• an allocation receiver which receives an allocation input to allocate the broadcast program which is selected on said display screen into said viewing reservation timetable in response to said selection input;
• and
• a data generator which generates, in response to said allocation input, recording reservation instruction data and reproduction reservation instruction data, wherein the recording reservation instruction data instructs to perform a recording reservation of a selected broadcast programs, and wherein the reproduction reservation instruction data instructs to perform a reproduction reservation of a broadcast program of which the recording reservation has been instructed at a time corresponding to a position at which the selected program is allocated in said viewing reservation timetable.