US Patent RE42622 Digital broadcast recording apparatus

The present invention provides a digital broadcast recording apparatus which prevents an unnecessary recording in a situation where it is not possible to descramble a program or it is prohibited to record a scrambled program. The digital broadcast recording apparatus includes a descrambler that detects a channel where a descrambling-not-possible situation occurs. The apparatus also includes a service manager which terminates the recording and writes, into a management table, that a descrambling-not-possible situation has occurred during recording, when there is recording data showing that recording is being executed on the channel which is detected as having the descrambling-not-possible situation.