Provided is technology avoiding situation where content cannot be viewed in the middle, due to insufficient amount of power remaining in a battery, in a television having a monitor unit separated from a tuner unit. A location free TV 1 includes an STB 10 and a monitor unit 30 separately, as independent configurations. Broadcasting received by the STB 10 is wirelessly transmitted to the monitor unit 30, and displayed on the monitor unit 30. The STB 10 is connected to an external recorder 94 and an external storage 96 in a recordable, playable state. Connection to a network storage 92 is performed via a network 90 in a recordable, playable state. The location free TV 1 has general TV functions, and, when insufficient amount of power remains in a battery of the monitor unit 30, a viewed program is recorded in the external recorder 94 etc., via the STB 10.