Control information file creating device, information display device, control information file creation method, and information distribution display system

摘要

An information creating device that creates a control information file to play back and display a plurality of different programs includes a schedule creating unit that creates as a control information file a schedule file to successively play back and display the plurality of the programs one by one, and a menu creating unit that creates as a control information file a menu file to select one program from the plurality of programs and to play back and display the selected program. The schedule creating unit and the menu creating unit create the schedule file and the menu file such that at least part of the programs is shared mutually between the two files.