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Abstract

A combined terrestrial wave/cable broadcast receiver is disclosed which identifies if a cable broadcast program being carried and received or a cable broadcast program to be received is a HD broadcast and receives a HD broadcast from a terrestrial wave broadcasting station in the form of a HD terrestrial wave broadcast automatically or according to a user's selection, and a program information processing method therefor which processes program information such that it can identify a cable broadcast program as a HD broadcast in an EIT. In a program information processing method for a combined terrestrial wave/cable broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcast signal and indicating the characteristics of the broadcast signal, the program information processing method for the combined terrestrial wave/cable broadcast receiver according to the present invention includes the steps of: analyzing an A/V stream for storing the same; reading a data to be displayed on a predetermined display according to a user's selection; judging if the read data contains a HD descriptor and other descriptors; and displaying a broadcast program by adding an indicator for indicating that a cable broadcast program is a HD program, if there exists a HD descriptor.

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First Claim