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When the television programme covering several television channels is displayed, the user is confused by the multitude of programmes proposed. In order to solve this problem, the inventive method involves sorting textual data designed for displaying television programme schedules transmitted by a management centre to a plurality of pay television receiver sets. Said method consists in designing an index table (FT) by the management centre according to a predetermined sorting criterion, receiving and storing said index table (FT) in the decoder video memory (MFT), and if the desired criterion corresponds with that desired by the user, in applying parameters of the index table (FT) to a textual filtering unit at a first level, and finally in receiving the data derived from the filter and using them for displaying a programme schedule. Drawing: 01 Sheet. Total Pages: 14 (FIG.-01)