A digital broadcast receiving apparatus capable of executing a function with a higher added value is provided. A broadcast receiving apparatus configured to receive contents includes: a receiving unit configured to receive the contents; an interface via which the contents received by the receiving unit is outputted; a control unit configured to control an output state of the contents from the interface. In this case, the control unit is configured to determine the output state of the contents from the interface in accordance with a combination of control information indicating a copy control state of the contents, control information for specifying necessity or not of protection when to output the contents, information indicating resolution of video of the contents, and information indicating transmission characteristics of video of the contents, which are received by the receiving unit together with the contents.

Broadcast receiving apparatus

A broadcast receiving device is provided with: a broadcast receiving unit which receives a digital broadcast signal including broadcast program video and application-related information; a storage unit which stores the received broadcast program video and application-related information; a video decoding unit which decodes the video; an application acquisition unit which acquires an application on the basis of location information included in the application-related information; an application execution unit which executes the acquired application; an output unit which is able to output the video; and a control unit for reproducing and decoding the broadcast program video from the storage unit, reproducing the application-related information from the storage unit, acquiring the application on the basis of the location information included in the reproduced application-related information, and executing the acquired application.

Broadcast receiving device

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit a content as a manufacturer intends, even when reproducing a content recorded on a recording medium by another system.SOLUTION: A content transmitter is provided with a recording medium 6, a content reading part 201, a reproduction information generation part 202, a content transmission part 203, and a network communication processing part 208. When transmitting the reproduction information of the content recorded in the recording medium to a content receiver, the transmitter converts the reproduction information into a format corresponding to a communication system between the content transmitter and the content receiver. Then, the content receiver reproduces the local content as the content designer intends.

Matono Haruki

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Content transmitter/receiver and content transmission method/reception method