Method for providing contents information and broadcasting receiving apparatus thereof

A method for providing contents information and a broadcast receiving apparatus applying the same are provided. The contents information providing method comprising: requesting a search for contents to an external content providing server by a user input; receiving contents data of contents acquired in response to the search request from the content providing server; converting the contents data to audio data using TTS technique; and outputting the audio data processed according to at least one characteristics of the obtained contents or the user input. Therefore, the user is able to obtain the contents information by using an auditory UI, and entertainment elements of the broadcast receiving apparatus can be increased by processing the audio data according to the characteristics of the contents or user input. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S510) Requesting to search contents; (S520) Receiving contents data of searched contents; (S530) Converting the contents data to audio data using TTS technique; (S540) Outputting the audio data processed according to at least one characteristics of obtained contents or a user input