A method of providing information concerning broadcast contents to a user wherein the user is connected to a network--mobile radio network, Internet or the like--and is able to receive broadcasting, is characterized in--regarding the possibility of a systematical selection of broadcast contents by the user--that the user sets preferences regarding broadcast contents via the network, and that the user-specific, set preferences are combined with the sent broadcast contents by creating status lists capturing current statuses and status changes referring to the broadcast contents as set in the preferences, and that the status lists are made available to the user by a Presence server.