Television receiver, television controller circuitry and method

1. A television receiver, the television receiver comprising

an input for receiving a radio frequency signal comprising terrestrial television signals,

a tuner configured to detect the terrestrial television signals, the terrestrial television signals including a plurality of frequency channels within a predetermined bandwidth, the plurality of frequency channels providing television signals communicating television channels,

a configurable filter, the configurable filter being configurable to suppress signals received from one or more of the plurality of frequency channels within the predetermined bandwidth, and

controller circuitry operable to process a channel map of the television channels available for selection and, consequent upon a television channel not being present on a frequency channel, to configure the configurable filter to suppress signals received from the frequency channel.

2. The television receiver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the television receiver comprises a filter bypass circuitry configurable by the controller circuitry, the filter bypass circuitry being arranged to form a signal path for the input radio frequency signal to the tuner that bypasses the configurable filter such that no signals received from the predetermined bandwidth are suppressed.

3. The television receiver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller circuitry is arranged to configure the configurable filter to suppress signals received from one or more frequency channels that are adjacent to the frequency channel on which the tuner is currently configured to detect the television channels.

4. The television receiver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the television receiver comprises an interface configured to receive information representing the channel map via a signal other than that received through the input and to communicate the information representing the channel map to the controller circuitry, and the controller circuitry is arranged to configure the configurable filter to suppress signals received from frequency channels on which the channel map specifies television channels are not present.

5. The television receiver as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said information representing the channel map comprises information corresponding to a current location of the television receiver.

6. The television receiver as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the interface is configured to receive the information representing the channel map via an internet connection.

7. The television receiver as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the tuner is configured, in response to a television channel not being detected on a frequency channel, to configure the configurable filter to suppress signals received from the frequency channel.

8. The television receiver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the terrestrial television signals include service information, the service information providing information specifying the frequency channels on which television channels are being transmitted, and the controller circuitry is arranged to receive the service information and configure the configurable filter to suppress signals received from frequency channels on which the service information specifies television channels are not being transmitted.

9. The television receiver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tuner is configured by the controller circuitry to periodically detect the television channels communicated on the plurality of frequency channels such that the controller circuitry is arranged to periodically update the channel map and configure the configurable filter to suppress signals received from frequency channels on which a TV channel has not been detected.

10. A method for receiving terrestrial television signals, the method comprising

receiving a radio frequency signal comprising the terrestrial television signals,

detecting the terrestrial television signals, the terrestrial television signals including a plurality of frequency channels within a predetermined bandwidth, the plurality of frequency channels providing television signals communicating television channels,

processing a channel map of the television channels available for selection, and

configuring a configurable filter to suppress signals received from frequency channels upon which a television channel is not present in accordance with the channel map.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , comprising configuring a filter bypass circuitry to form a signal path for the input radio frequency signal to the tuner that bypasses the configurable filter such that no signals received from the plurality of frequency channels are suppressed.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the configuring the configurable filter includes configuring the configurable filter to suppress signals received from one or more frequency channels that are adjacent to the frequency channel on which the tuner is currently configured to detect the television channels.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10 , comprising receiving via interface circuitry information representing the channel map via a signal other than the terrestrial television signal.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the configuring the configurable filter includes detecting the television channels on each of the plurality of frequency channels within the predefined bandwidth sequentially, and configuring the configurable filter to suppress signals received from frequency channels upon which the detection of television channels has not been performed.

15. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the terrestrial television signals include service information, the service information comprising information specifying the frequency channel on which the television channels are being transmitted, the method comprising receiving the service information and the configuring the configurable filter includes suppressing signals received from frequency channels on which the service information specifies television channels are not being transmitted.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the configuring of the configurable filter includes periodically detecting the television channels communicated on the plurality of frequency channels and periodically updating the channel map and the configurable filter to suppress signals received from frequency channels on which a television channel has not been detected.

17. A controller circuitry for controlling a television receiver, the television receiver comprising

an input for receiving a radio frequency signal comprising terrestrial television signals,

a tuner configured to detect the terrestrial television signals, the terrestrial television signals including a plurality of frequency channels within a predetermined bandwidth, the plurality of frequency channels providing television signals communicating television channels,

a configurable filter, the configurable filter being configurable to suppress signals received from one or more of the plurality of frequency channels within the predetermined bandwidth,

and the controller circuitry being arranged to:

process a channel map of the television channels available for selection by a user of the television receiver, and

configure the configurable filter to suppress signals received from a frequency channel consequent upon a television channel not being present on the frequency channel.

18. The controller circuitry as claimed in claim 17 , wherein television receiver comprises an interface configured to receive information representing the channel map via a signal other than that received through the input and communicate the information representing the channel map to the controller circuitry, and the controller circuitry is arranged to configure the configurable filter to suppress signals received from frequency channels on which the channel map specifies television channels are not present.

19. A television receiver for receiving television signals, the television receiver comprising

a tuner configured to detect television channels, the television channels being communicated by television signals provided on a plurality of frequency channels,

a filter, the filter being configurable to suppress signals received from one or more of the plurality of frequency channels within the predetermined bandwidth, and

a controller circuitry arranged to configure the filter to suppress a frequency channel consequent upon a television channel not being present on the frequency channel in accordance with the information representing a channel map of television channels available for selection.

20. The television receiver as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the television receiver comprises an interface configured to receive the information representing the channel map and communicate the information representing the channel map to the controller circuitry.

21. The television receiver as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the interface is configured to receive the information representing the channel map via a signal other than the television signals.