摘要 |
Provided is an apparatus and method for providing metadata in advance in order to gain a time required for a receiving terminal to receive augmented content corresponding to the metadata, based on the metadata received over a communication network in a bidirectional digital broadcast. The apparatus may provide a service before a predetermined time for a channel bound service that provides augmented content associated with a broadcast program, or a time-restraint service, such as a quiz program, for which an access to a website may required by a predetermined time. Also, the apparatus may provide metadata of a subsequent program in advance, before a predetermined time when transmitting the broadcast program, whereby a receiving terminal may receive associated information in advance, and a viewer may utilize a website or an augmented content service of a corresponding program, simultaneously with viewing the corresponding program.
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