Program play control method and digital receiving device

The present invention discloses a program play control method. After types are set for all programs that can be played by a digital receiving device in advance, the digital receiving device acquires the type of the program that can be played at present, and times play time of a monitored program, and when the digital receiving device determines that the play time of the monitored program exceeds a preset duration threshold, the program is stopped playing or a watch time limitation prompt is sent, so that the demand of the user of controlling program watching duration is met, and the use experience of the user is improved. 本发明公开了种节目播放控制方法，在预先为数字接收设备可播放的各个节目设置类别后，数字接收设备获取当前可播放的节目的类别，并对监控节目的播放时间进行计时，当数字接收设备判断监控节目的播放时间超过预设的时长阈值时，停止播放节目或发送观看时长超限提示，从而能够满足用户对于节目观看时间的控制需求，提高用户的使用体验。