To quickly record on a videotape a program suited to a favorite information.

A videotape recording reserved application 70 forms an user's favorite information (favorite information program), referring to a broadcast program information stored in a broadcast program information management part 66, as needed, on the basis of the operation for an user's predetermined program. An automatic videotape recording reserved controller 71 makes a videotape recording reservation list added up to the upperbound of a videotape recording reserved amount (videotape recording reserved processing is performed), in the order of higher favorite value of program, based on the favorite information. A videotape recording reserved management part 67 performs videotape recording processing of the reserved program, on the basis of the videotape recording reservation list. The present invention is applicable to a hard disk videocassette recorder.