Apparatus and method for generating virtual channel, apparatus and method for viewing television by generating virtual channel

摘要

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for generating virtual channels, and an apparatus and a method for watching a TV by the generated virtual channels are provided to realize virtual TV channels of a user's own, thereby watching a TV without moving TV channels. CONSTITUTION: Channel information is inputted by a user for generating a database. A control unit(107) filters time information over certain time including a viewing intention of the user among program information stored in the database. A user table is generated based on materials stored in the database. A TV program selecting table is formed based on the user table. TV program priority is selected by judging whether programs overlapped with each other exist. A virtual channel schedule is formed from the priority selected TV programs and the user watches a TV according to the formed virtual channel schedule.