DIGITAL RECEIVING DEVICE

A first bit rate calculator of a digital receiving device receives incoming packet data including first and second packet data, and calculates a first bit rate of the incoming packet data. If the first bit rate is not greater than a predetermined threshold, the first bit rate calculator outputs the incoming packet data to an error corrector, the error corrector error-corrects the incoming packet and outputs the error-corrected incoming packet data, and the decoder decodes the incoming packet data output from the error corrector. If the first bit rate is greater than the predetermined threshold, the first bit rate calculator outputs the incoming packet data to the separator, the separator outputs residual packet data obtained by discarding the second packet data from the incoming packet data, the error corrector error-corrects the residual packet data and outputs the error-corrected residual packet data, and the decoder decodes the residual packet data output from the error corrector. This digital receiving device can reduce occurrence of delay in processing even if the bit rate of digital data increases.