DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION DEVICES THEREFOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital broadcasting system capable of realizing a digital broadcast service which is more excellent in operability for a viewer of a program. SOLUTION: This digital broadcasting system 200 is composed of a broadcasting station 206 or the like that conducts digital broadcast and serves a service relating to broadcast program, a receiver 202 that receives the digital broadcast and a control device 203 or the like that is carried by each viewer and has a telephone communication function and a remote control function of the receiver 202. The receiver 202 transmits program identification information identifying a reproduced program to each peripheral control device through an infrared ray, each control device adds its own telephone number to the received information and transmits the resulting information to the broadcasting station or the like through a phone call, the broadcasting station or the like recognizes a viewed program and a destination receiving the service on the basis of the program identification information and the telephone number sent from the control device to provide various services such as telephone transmission of information for program descrambling information and phone information of a winner viewer of a program with a prize.