A television signal receiver is connected to a plurality of recording apparatuses, and controls each of the plurality of recording apparatuses so as to record program data received by the television signal receiver. The television signal receiver includes an input unit for inputting program data, an identification unit for identifying a group to which the program data inputted by the input unit belongs, a selection unit for selecting a recording apparatus from among the plurality of recording apparatuses in accordance with the group identified by the identification unit, and an output unit for outputting the program data to the recording apparatus selected by the selection unit.