An Internet broadcast system includes a video file providing apparatus and a
video
receiving/reproducing apparatus that are connected via the Internet. The providing
apparatus includes a storing unit for storing a video file consecutively storing
a plurality of sets of sectional video data. The receiving/reproducing apparatus
stores a plurality of video reproduction tables specifying sets of sectional video
data in an order of reproduction. A viewer designates one of the video reproduction
tables. An information processing unit in the receiving/reproducing apparatus generates
a transfer instruction for each set of sectional video data specified in the designated
table, and transmits the generated instruction to the providing apparatus. Upon
receiving the instruction, the providing apparatus reads a set of sectional video
data from the video file, and transmits the read set to the receiving/reproducing
apparatus. The receiving/reproducing apparatus outputs and reproduces each received
set of sectional video data in the reproduction order.