Mobile terminal having digital broadcast reception capability and PIP display control method

A mobile terminal capable of digital broadcast reception, comprising:

• a display unit having a touch screen capability for displaying video images;
• a broadcast receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcast signal;
• a signal processor for processing the received digital broadcast signal into channel signals of individual channels, displaying video data of a selected channel signal on a main screen occupying an entire display area of the display unit, and displaying video data of another selected channel signal on a sub-screen in the main screen, to support a picture-in-picture (PIP) feature;
• a touch signal processor for detecting a touch event to at least one of the main screen and the sub-screen, and obtaining position data of the detected touch event;
• an icon controller for generating and displaying control icons on the main screen when detecting occurrence of a touch event to the main screen and control icons on the sub screen when detecting occurrence of a touch event to the sub-screen based on position data obtained by the touch signal processor;
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• a PIP display controller for controlling digital broadcasts on channels associated with the main screen in response to the occurrence of the touch events to the control icons of the main screen and digital broadcasts on channel associated with the sub-screen in response to the occurrence of the touch events to the control icons of the sub-screen.