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one. A RECEIVER TERMINAL USED BY SUBSCRIBERS TO A TELEVISION PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR SUGGESTION OF PROGRAMS TO SUBSCRIBERS THROUGH THE USE OF PROGRAM CONTROL INFORMATION, WHICH CONTAINS A DATABASE OF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND PLANNING, AND SPECIFIC DATA OF THE SUBSCRIBER THAT INDICATE ITS PREFERENCES IN PROGRAMMING MATTERS. THE RECEIVER TERMINAL INCLUDES: AN INSTRUMENT TO COLLECT SPECIFIC DATA FROM THE SUBSCRIBER THAT INDICATES ITS PREFERENCES, IN ORDER TO USE THEM IN THE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS; AN INSTRUMENT, CONNECTED TO WHICH COLLECTS SPECIFIC DATA FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, TO STORE THOSE DATA; AN INSTRUMENT FOR RECEIVING PROGRAM CONTROL INFORMATION TO BE USED TO SELECT PROGRAMS; PROGRAM SELECTION INSTRUMENTS, OPERATIONALLY CONNECTED TO THE STORAGE AND RECEPTION INSTRUMENTS, TO CHOOSE ONE OR MORE PROGRAMS USING THE SPECIFIC DATA OF THE SUBSCRIBER AND THE PROGRAM CONTROL INFORMATION, SO THAT THE CHOSEN PROGRAMS CORRESPOND TO THE OF THE SUBSCRIBER; AND INSTRUMENTS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THOSE OF PROGRAM SELECTION, SO THAT THE SUBSCRIBER CAN VIEW THE SELECTED PROGRAMS. 7. A METHOD USED BY THE RECEIVER TERMINAL FOR A TELEVISION PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO SUGGEST PROGRAMS TO FERTILIZERS, FOR THE DISPLAY ON A TELEVISION, USING PROGRAM CONTROL INFORMATION, A PROGRAM CALENDAR DESCRIPTIVE DATA OF THESE, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC DATA OF THE SUBSCRIBER INDICATORS OF THEIR PREFERENCES, WHICH INCLUDES: THE COLLECTION OF SPECIFIC DATA OF THE SUBSCRIBER INDICATORS OF ITS PREFERENCES, TO USE THEM IN THE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS; STORAGE OF THE SPECIFIC DATA OF THE SUBSCRIBER; RECEIPT OF A PROGRAM CONTROL INFORMATION SIGNAL FOR USE IN THE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS; SELECTION OF ONE OR MORE PROGRAMS USING THE SPECIFIC DATA OF THE SUBSCRIBER AND THE PROGRAM CONTROL INFORMATION, THROUGH WHICH THE CHOSEN PROGRAMS MATCH THE SUBSCRIBER'S PREFERENCES; AND VISUALIZATION OF THE PROGRAMS CHOSEN BY THE SUBSCRIBER.