A search time for a digital broadcasting receiver is shortened. The digital broadcasting receiver comprising, having: a front end unit for converting a frequency of a received signal of digital broadcasting into a predetermined intermediate frequency, the received signal including at least a first modulated wave having a first transmission frame length and transmitted in a first frequency band and a second modulated wave having a second transmission frame length shorter than the first transmission frame length and transmitted in a second frequency band; and a NULL symbol detecting unit for detecting a NULL symbol in a transmission frame of the received signal, wherein when a seek operation is instructed, the seek operation is first performed in the second frequency band and when the NULL symbol is detected at some reception frequency, the seek operation is stopped, whereas if the NULL symbol is not detected in the second frequency band, the seek operation is subsequently performed in the first frequency band.