Television receiver and method of displaying video information

A television receiver includes a vertically oblong CRT (81) having an aspect ratio of about 3:4, and a first and a second display part (P₁, P₂) each having an aspect ratio of about 4:3 are formed together with a third display part (P₃) (a status display part) in the display area of the CRT, so that a picture-in-picture display, a teletext display, etc. can be simultaneously produced on the first and second display parts together with a status display on the third display part without cutting out part of the displayed video information.