An electronic device may include an interface unit, and a processor for storing information related to a plurality of broadcast channels that can be received through the interface unit, receiving a user input for selecting a channel number, identifying, on the basis of the stored information related to the plurality of broadcast channels, a broadcast standard corresponding to the selected channel number if a broadcast signal of a channel corresponding to the channel number selected according to the user input is not received, processing the frequency band of the broadcast signal corresponding to the selected channel number according to the identified broadcast standard, and controlling so that the stored information related to the plurality of broadcast channels is updated according to a processing result.

The present disclosure relates to a broadcast receiving device that minimizes the time required for channel search and a display device including the same, and the broadcast receiving device includes an RF automatic gain controller configured to perform automatic gain control to adjust a gain value according to an input magnitude of an RF signal, and a controller configured to detect the presence or absence of a signal in a preset frequency band based on whether the gain value is changed, and to perform channel search in the preset frequency band according to the presence or absence of a signal in the preset frequency band.

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) encountering, by a media playback device of a vehicle, a trigger to update a list of currently tunable radio stations; (ii) based on encountering the trigger to update the list of currently tunable radio stations, updating, by the media playback device, the list of currently tunable radio stations using a location of the vehicle and radio station contour data stored in a local database of the media playback device; and (iii) displaying, by the media playback device, a station list using the list of currently tunable radio stations.

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) encountering, by a media playback device of a vehicle, a trigger to update a list of currently tunable radio stations; (ii) based on encountering the trigger to update the list of currently tunable radio stations, updating, by the media playback device, the list of currently tunable radio stations using a location of the vehicle and radio station contour data stored in a local database of the media playback device; and (iii) displaying, by the media playback device, a station list using the list of currently tunable radio stations.

Various arrangements for integrating over-the-air (OTA) television programming with streaming media are presented. An OTA integration module may request, from an OTA tuner, a stream of an OTA television channel, wherein the OTA television channel is broadcast over a geographic region on the VHF band or UHF band. The OTA integration module may receive, from the OTA tuner, the stream of the OTA television channel. The OTA integration module may provide, to a media presentation application, the stream of the OTA television channel. The media presentation application executed by the streaming media player device may output the steam of the OTA television channel for presentation.

If reception quality of a broadcast signal of a first frequency received by a tuner satisfies setting conditions, the frequency received by the tuner is changed from the first frequency to a second frequency. It is evaluated whether or not the amount of offset between a reference frequency and the frequency of the signal, which is generated by converting the broadcast signal of the second frequency received by the tuner into an intermediate frequency is within a predetermined range. If the offset between the reference frequency and the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal is within the predetermined range, the data included in the broadcast signal of the first frequency is acquired by a demodulating the broadcast signal of the first frequency. It is evaluated whether or not the broadcast signal of the first frequency is a broadcast signal of a broadcasting station based on the acquired data.

The invention relates to a method for receiving radio broadcast signals by means of a radio broadcast receiver and to a radio broadcast receiver designed for performing the method, wherein the broadcast receiver has at least two receiving units for different transmission techniques. The user selects a radio broadcast service of a first receiving unit of the at least two receiving units, and the selected radio broadcast service is then played back by the radio broadcast receiver. The other, second receiving unit for the different transmission technique of the radio broadcast receiver searches for an alternative radio broadcast service having preferably the same or comparable content during the playback of the radio broadcast service selected by the user, and the radio broadcast receiver automatically switches over to the second receiving unit having the alternative radio broadcast service if the first receiving unit cannot play back the selected radio broadcast service.

The invention relates to a method for receiving radio broadcast signals by means of a radio broadcast receiver and to a radio broadcast receiver designed for performing the method, wherein the broadcast receiver has at least two receiving units for different transmission techniques. The user selects a radio broadcast service of a first receiving unit of the at least two receiving units, and the selected radio broadcast service is then played back by the radio broadcast receiver. The other, second receiving unit for the different transmission technique of the radio broadcast receiver searches for an alternative radio broadcast service having preferably the same or comparable content during the playback of the radio broadcast service selected by the user, and the radio broadcast receiver automatically switches over to the second receiving unit having the alternative radio broadcast service if the first receiving unit cannot play back the selected radio broadcast service.

A receiver of radio and/or television signals, where the signals are transmitted via radio by transmitters and are received by said receiver, including: a means for receiving signals via radio that, through tuning information, is configurable for reception of content of the received radio and/or television signals; a memory means containing at least geographic transmission information, which includes geographical areas of coverage of the transmitters that transmit the signals received by the reception means, wherein the geographical transmission information is comparable with the tuning information; and a central computing unit configured to determine the geographical location of the receiver according to the geographical transmission information and the tuning information, the central computing unit also being configured to prepare access to the tuning information based on the geographical location of the receiver in order to organize access to the contents relating to the location of the receiver.

A method may include receiving radio station data associated with multiple radio stations from one or more radio station providers and filtering the radio stations based at least in part on playback availability. Playback availability may include a broadcast right associated with the one or more radio station providers. The method may also include removing duplicate radio stations and supplying a searchable radio station directory to a platform or a client device.