The broadcast program transmission/reception system includes a pay
broadcast program site containing pay broadcast programs, multiple CM
information management sites each of which stores multiple commercials,
multiple viewer's terminals, and a commercial sponsor site. The viewer's
terminal requests a pay broadcast program list from one of the CM
information sites and then a pay broadcast program among the pay
broadcast program list. The CM information management site requests the
pay broadcast program requested by the viewer's terminal from the pay
broadcast program site, and receives the pay broadcast program. After
that, the CM information management site edits the received pay broadcast
program by inserting commercials therein and transmits the pay broadcast
program with commercials to the viewer's terminal. Concurrently, the CM
information management site accumulates the number of transmitted pay
broadcast program/commercials. In accordance with the number of
transmission, usage charges/advertisement fees for pay broadcast
programs/commercials are calculated.