CHARGED BROADCASTING RECEIVER

PURPOSE:To successively and automatically receive a program based on different contracts for reception by reading the contract information of a card, inputting reception time band information with a reservation instruction switch, registering it into a storage means, and updating the contract information. CONSTITUTION:A card reading and writing part 1 reads out contract information recorded in a card 7 and simultaneously updates the recorded contract information. A receiving person specifies the reception time band with the operation of a reservation instruction switch 2. A storage part 3 stores and registers reservation information consisting of the contract information and the reception time band information. A reception part 5 selects and stores specific program in accordance with the control of a control part 4 or records it with a tape recording device and the like. A clock part 6 informs the starting time of reception, completion time and charged time through the control of the control part 4. It is constituted that present time to be informed by the clock part 6 can be set only by a person to be specified by a broadcasting station and the receiving person can not change the time of the clock part 6.