Information communication terminal device, and display control method for said device

Abstract

An information communication terminal device adapted for an IPTV service, which delivers program data from one of a plurality of delivery servers via a communication network, includes: a program selection unit, a program data acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The program selection unit selects a program according to EPG information in which program scheduling is defined by a plurality of channels and a plurality of delivery time slots along a time axis, the program being selected based on the channels and the delivery time slots. The program data acquisition unit requests delivery of program data of the program to a specific delivery server according to link information and a program identification code, both of which are associated with the selected program, and acquires the program data delivered from the specific delivery server in response to the request. The display control unit performs control such that program content is displayed on a screen based on the received program data. The program selection unit identifies, in response to a user's input operation on the screen, a directional vector of the input operation, and selects, if the identified directional vector represents a first direction, the single program by identifying a channel of a switching destination in the same delivery time slot in the EPG information, the same delivery time slot corresponding to the first direction.