What is claimed is:
1. A receiving apparatus configured to receive digital moving image contents from a provider of the digital moving image contents, the provider being commutatively connected to the receiving apparatus, the receiving apparatus comprising:
a processor executing instructions to designate a part of the digital moving image contents in the provider automatically or in response to a manual operation;
a memory that keeps information necessary for the processor to automatically designate a succeeding part of the digital moving image contents to a viewed part of the digital moving image contents;
a designation software controller configured to control the memory to keep the information in response to a termination of viewing the viewed part and control the processor to automatically designate the succeeding part of the digital moving image contents when the viewing starts again;
a receiver of the designated succeeding part of the digital moving image contents in response to the designation by the processor; and
a display configured to display the succeeding part of the digital moving image contents received by the receiver.
NL Giken Incorporated 