A digital video system for transmitting multiple programs in a digital data stream.

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR94/01403 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 13, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 13, 1995 PCT Filed Dec. 1, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/15646 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 8, 1995There is disclosed a method for selecting programs in a digital video reception system adapted to receive digital data streams. The method comprises the steps of receiving information corresponding to program identification elements; displaying the identification elements in the form of a mosaic of elements (10) on a screen of the reception system, where the arranging of identification elements (10) in the mosaic is performed before transmission; receiving information describing the location of each program thus identified in a data stream broadcast by a transmitter (15); and selecting one of the programs by selecting at least one identifier clement. A device for selecting programs in a digital video reception system is also disclosed.