To facilitate selection operation at reception of contents from a desired transmitting source.

A transmitting source of contents having the highest occupancy of a continuous receiving time during time slot is detected for every hour. The detected transmitting source is sequentially stored, in relation to the day of the week and the time, to a history table. Furthermore, the formed history information by the method is referred to. Thus, the linking of a user is reflected as a history information about the received transmitting source of contents. A user can easily select a desired channel, based on the history information referred to.