Content providing apparatus and method, content receiving apparatus and method, program, and content downloading system

摘要

A content providing apparatus for providing a content to a content receiving apparatus. The content providing apparatus includes: a content-information providing mechanism providing content information necessary for specifying a content to be downloaded to the content receiving apparatus; a control-information providing mechanism providing download control information necessary for downloading the content and corresponding to the content specified on the basis of the content information to the content receiving apparatus; a delivery mechanism delivering a broadcast-based content using a broadcasting signal in accordance with a predetermined broadcasting schedule; and a content providing mechanism providing a communication-based content through a network in response to a request from the content receiving apparatus on the basis of the download control information.