According to one embodiment, a digital broadcast receiver includes one or more first connecting terminals that connect one or more pieces of digital equipment, operation of which can be controlled by a remote control, one or more second connecting terminals that connect one or more pieces of external equipment, operation of which cannot be controlled by the remote control, and a selecting unit that selects, in turn, one piece of the digital equipment connected to the one or more first connecting terminals, the external equipment connected to the one or more second connecting terminals, the broadcast receiver, based on a switching instruction from the remote control. When the digital equipment connected to the first connecting terminal is selected by the selecting unit, a list of a plurality of video contents stored in the selected digital equipment is shown, and reproduction of a content selected from the list is controlled.