SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING DIGITAL TELEVISION PROGRAM, AND DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEPTION TERMINAL

摘要

A system for playing digital television program in the present invention includes a server and at least a digital television receiving terminal, wherein the server presets video on demand (VOD) protocol specification, and transmits, according the VOD protocol specification, a VOD service list and additional information thereof to the digital television receiving terminal in a broadcast mode; the digital television receiving terminal presets VOD protocol specification, and stores, according the VOD protocol specification, the VOD service list and additional information thereof transmitted by the server to a on-demand program database; the digital television receiving terminal also matches relative programs in the on-demand program database according to a matching mark input by a user, displays the program to the user, receives a program on-demand request of the user, obtains the television program from the server according the program on-demand request, and plays the program to the user. The system in the present invention can actively transmit a on-demand program list and additional information to a Set Top Box, thus improving obtaining speed of the on-demand program list.