To enable broadcast receiving equipment, which has only one video recording means to record a plurality of broadcast programs overlapping with each other in terms of time.

The broadcast receiving equipment having a function of receiving a broadcast signal and playing back video data and audio data, a function of recording the played back video data and audio data, a function of making a connection with a communication line (the Internet), and a function of accepting an input viewing reservation and a video recording reservation and performing corresponding processing is so configured that when it is decided that a viewing reservation and a video recording reservation for a plurality of broadcast programs overlapping with each other in terms of time or video recording reservations for a plurality of broadcast programs are set, a content played back from the broadcast signal having been received is selected as a content of a broadcast program associated with one reservation, a content received through the communication line is selected as a content of a broadcast program associated with a reservation overlapping with the one reservation among the remaining reservations, and a content of a broadcast program associated with the video recording reservation is recorded.