Information communication terminal device and control method thereof

An object of the present invention is to provide an information communication terminal apparatus allowing a broadcasting signal transmitting side and a secondary service provider to provide a television service in consideration of a user's desired way of viewing. This is attained as follows. That is, a television receiving control section controls, in accordance with a predetermined broadcasting control command extracted by a data extracting section from data received by a data communication section, a television broadcasting receiving section such that the television broadcasting receiving section controls (start, halt, or carry out channel switching) reception of a broadcasting signal.