CONTENT TRANSMITTER APPARATUS AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM

摘要

A content transmitter apparatus for transmitting content data to a content receiver apparatus via a digital broadcast, comprising a storage part for storing content data; a data server for editing content data for a digital broadcast; a broadcasting part for transmitting, via the digital broadcast, the content data edited by the data server; and a communicating part for transmitting, via a communication network, the content data. The data server comprises a segment generating part for dividing the content data into one or more segments; a link generating part for generating connection destination information for allowing the content receiver apparatus to acquire the segments of content data via the communication network; and a transmission control part for placing the segments and connection destination information onto one or more transmission layers. The broadcasting part performs the digital broadcast by use of carousel transmission on a transmission-layer-by- transmission-layer basis.