7. A video signal receiving apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to receive, from a video signal generating apparatus, a video signal having text data inserted within, the video signal generating apparatus external to said video signal receiving apparatus; extract said text data from said received video signal, the extracted text data representative of an operation corresponding to a selected option on the video signal generating apparatus from a plurality of options, each option corresponding to a different operation to be performed on the video signal receiving apparatus; and interpret, as the selected operation to be performed on said video signal by the video signal receiving apparatus, said text data extracted from the video signal; wherein said video signal receiving apparatus automatically performs the selected operation corresponding to the selected option represented in said text data, and the video signal receiving apparatus performs the selected operation at a point in time in the video signal from which the inserted text corresponding to the selected operation was extracted.
7. A video signal receiving apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to receive, from a video signal generating apparatus, a video signal having text data inserted within, the video signal generating apparatus external to said video signal receiving apparatus; extract said text data from said received video signal, the extracted text data representative of an operation corresponding to a selected option on the video signal generating apparatus from a plurality of options, each option corresponding to a different operation to be performed on the video signal receiving apparatus; and interpret, as the selected operation to be performed on said video signal by the video signal receiving apparatus, said text data extracted from the video signal; wherein said video signal receiving apparatus automatically performs the selected operation corresponding to the selected option represented in said text data, and the video signal receiving apparatus performs the selected operation at a point in time in the video signal from which the inserted text corresponding to the selected operation was extracted. 9. The video signal receiving apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to record said received video signal, said interpret text data designating a video recording start point and a video recording end point as a video signal recording start instruction and a video signal recording end instruction respectively, and start and end recording of said video signal in response to said text data designating said video recording start point and said video recording end point, respectively.