BROADCAST SYSTEM AND INFORMATION BROADCAST RECEPTION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT USED FOR THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To activate the market through coupons by reproducing received service content data or service added information and building up the system to provide the added service based on the service added information in the case of viewing a broadcast program. SOLUTION: There are mixed multiplexed service information packets in one stream 21. Information PSI 22 in the packets defines the entire content of the stream 21. The PSI 22 is made up of a table group 23 and a descriptor 24, and the descriptor 24 includes various descriptors such as a coupon descriptor 24a. Packets of coupon information are divided by analyzing the content of definition of the descriptor 24. Service added information is defined by the descriptor 24 of the service information SI. The content of the service added information includes pointer information 28 denoting contents C.