in the previous scenario the esg application may resume normal operation automatically on completion of the unrelated application for example on disconnection of a telephone call with a duration greater than time period t 2 but less than time period t 3 or by the user selecting the esg application from the applications menu the receiver 11 is then reactivated on receipt of a u201c wakeup u201d command from the controller 13 and resynchronised with the network step s 3 9 the reception and output of content then continues as before steps s 3 10 to s 3 12 if access to the service is not resumed before time period t 3 expires at step s 4 12 i e t gt t 3 the stream player is deactivated step s 3 14 the ip session is closed step s 3 15 and the filters are removed step s 3 16 the menu is then displayed step s 3 4 following any necessary updating or recovery step s 3 17 s 3 18 alternatively if the menu has become obsolete or out of date and cannot be updated or recovered steps s 3 17 s 3 18 the welcome page is displayed step 3 1 the user may then access another service or exit the esg application as described above in another embodiment of the invention the esg application may follow another procedure will now be described with reference to fig3 and 8 in which the various components and processes required for reception of the service from the dvb type network 3 are deactivated in stages through this procedure a service can be selected and accessed as shown in steps s 3 0 to s 3 12 and in response to an.