disclosed herein is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus configured to receive terrestrial digital television broadcasting and satellite digital broadcasting , including : a terrestrial digital tuner ; a satellite digital tuner ; a demodulating block configured to demodulate a reception signal of the terrestrial digital television broadcasting with an output supplied from the terrestrial digital tuner , and , at the same time , demodulate a reception signal of the satellite digital broadcasting with an output supplied from the satellite digital tuner ; a terrestrial digital tuner control block ; a satellite digital tuner control block ; and a switching block configured to switch output terminals of the demodulating block in accordance with a positional arrangement of the terrestrial digital tuner and the satellite digital tuner relative to the demodulating block .