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A subscriber terminal includes a receiver for receiving a television signal including video, audio, and data information. A channel of the television signal may be selected for display on the television. A memory stores channel identification information such as channel identifiers. The channel iden

A subscriber terminal includes a receiver for receiving a television signal including video, audio, and data information. A channel of the television signal may be selected for display on the television. A memory stores channel identification information such as channel identifiers. The channel identifiers include at least one display character. A processor establishes a relationship between channel identification information and channel numbers associated with channels of the television signal. An on-screen display control circuit controls the display of character information on the television and has the capability of overlaying the channel number and the channel identification information on the video portion of a selected channel displayed on the television for a predetermined period of time. Program identification information such as program titles may also be displayed. Alternatively or additionally, the channel identification information may be displayed on a display such an LED display of a subscriber terminal.

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Apparatus for use in a system for transmitting signals having picture information corresponding to respective channels and having a terminal device including storing means for storing a first table including a set of channel identification information items and identifier numbers respectively corres

Apparatus for use in a system for transmitting signals having picture information corresponding to respective channels and having a terminal device including storing means for storing a first table including a set of channel identification information items and identifier numbers respectively corresponding to each one of the channel identification information items, said apparatus comprising: map generating means for generating a map for mapping the channel numbers corresponding to the respective channels to the identifier numbers in said first table; transmitting means for transmitting said map to said terminal device. A method of providing channel information in a system for transmitting signals having picture information corresponding to respective channels to a terminal device, said terminal device including storing means for storing a first table including channel identification information items and identifier numbers respectively corresponding to each one of the channel identification information items, the method comprising the steps of: generating a map for mapping the channel numbers corresponding to the respective channels to the identifier number s in said first table; transmitting said map to said terminal device.