摘要：【中文】本发明公开了一种电视机及用于电视机的控制方法，属于家用电器技术领域。所述电视机关联多个视频应用程序，还包括：搜索模块，和所述多个视频应用程序相关联，所述搜索模块包括：信息采集模块，用于获取用户输入的搜索信息；处理模块，用于根据所述搜索信息控制多个所述视频应用程序中的一个或多个视频应用程序进行搜索。本发明的电视机，使用同一搜索信息实现在多个视频应用程序中的搜索，扩大搜索范围，简化搜索流程，提高搜索效率，提高电视机产品的智能化，改善用户体验。 【EN】The invention discloses a television and a control method for the television, and belongs to the technical field of household appliances. The television is associated with a plurality of video applications and further comprises: a search module associated with the plurality of video applications, the search module comprising: the information acquisition module is used for acquiring search information input by a user; and the processing module is used for controlling one or more video application programs in the plurality of video application programs to search according to the search information. The television of the invention realizes the search in a plurality of video application programs by using the same search information, enlarges the search range, simplifies the search process, improves the search efficiency, improves the intellectualization of television products and improves the user experience.