A broadcast receiving device has a receiving unit which receives and modulates broadcast signals and outputs encoded signals, an acquiring unit which acquires program information relating to the broadcast signals, a detecting unit which detects information indicating whether or not downloading is necessary for each content from the program information, a determining device which determines whether or not the broadcast receiving device has the capability for downloading the content, and a display control unit which outputs video signals of the program information screen to which the information indicating whether or not there downloading is necessary and information indicating whether or not there is downloading capability are added, and the user determines whether or not downloading is possible from an EPG screen and the like.