An electronic programming guide generator utilizes filters to select only programming filtered to display in an electronic programming guide display.

The disclosure provides a method (200) and TV associated communication device for switching user personalized interface performed by a TV associated communication device. The method (200) comprises: pairing (S210) the communication device with a first user device; obtaining (S220) a first identifier; receiving (S230) personalized configuration data for the first user; outputting (S240) to a TV set a signal based on the personalized configuration data for the first user that enables the TV set to display a first personalized interface; receiving (S250) a request from a second user device; pairing (S260) the communication device with the second user device in response to the request; obtaining (S270) from the second user device a second identifier; receiving (S280) personalized configuration data for the second user; and outputting (S290) to the TV set a signal based on the personalized configuration data for the second user that enables the TV set to display a second personalized interface.

Disclosed herein is a receiving device for receiving AV contents, the receiving device including: an obtaining section configured to obtain a description document described in a program language for displaying contents from a server present on a network connected with the receiving device; a determining section configured to determine whether the obtained the description document is obtained from a first server managed on a broadcaster side broadcasting the AV contents; and a controlling section configured to control execution of the obtained the description document according to a result of determination by the determining section.

An image capture apparatus includes a first generation unit that generates image data at a predetermined cycle, a second generation unit that generates metadata regarding processing up to generation of the image data, a first output unit that adds the metadata to the image data to output externally the image data, and a second output unit that outputs externally, a plurality of times, predetermined information generated until the image data in the metadata is output, before the image data is output by the first output unit.