Multimedia device having backup function of broadcast contents on home network environment and backup method thereof

The present invention relates to a multimedia apparatus and a backup method, with backup capabilities of the broadcast content in a home network environment. Apparatus for receiving content in accordance with the present invention, a storage unit for storing the received broadcast content; Interface to a backup unit to store the transferred part of the content of the stored broadcast contents; And a control section for controlling the storage of the broadcast content, the controller is characterized to control to store transferred some content through the interface if the requested backup from or if the user has insufficient storage portion area to the backup device, transferred to store by combining the information of a portion of content and digital rights it may further comprises a package for a new encoding. Thus, by backing up the broadcast content received in a variety of backup devices to efficiently manage the local storage unit storage space of the multimedia device, and the digital rights of another multimedia device that can not be prevented from being copied or reproduced in the backed up content optionally have.