CONTENTS DELIVERY RESERVATION METHOD, CONTENTS DELIVERY METHOD, RESERVATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a distributor to take the number limit of the subscribers or rental fee of contents into consideration when reservations for the live delivery of contents are made. SOLUTION: In a contents distribution system 100, an operating user PC 106 makes reservations to a server use reservation control center 101 for a time zone or the like through the intermediary of an internet 103 for using a streaming server 102 for live distribution. At this point, the streaming server 102 is equipped with a plurality of channels for distribution, and distribution can be made on the channels in the same time zone. The number limit of subscribers and rental fee of contents are previously set for each channel, and users are capable of designating contents to be distributed on which channel, taking these settings into consideration when reservation is made.