A technology is provided for a viewer of broadcast information or recorded
information to easily obtain information related to the broadcast
information or recorded information from a server, in which, in a system
in which a viewer apparatus and a content providing server for providing
content information related to video or voice are connected via a
network, the viewer apparatus obtains related information necessary for
obtaining the content information; sends the related information to the
content providing server so as to request the content providing server to
send the content information; and obtains the content information sent
from the content providing server.