A control apparatus for controlling an event in accordance with the
playback of playback data includes a playback processor performing
playback processing on the playback data, an acquisition unit acquiring
playback section information associated with the playback data to specify
a target playback section of the playback data, an end time point
specifying unit specifying an end time point of the event in relation to
the playback data on the basis of the playback section information, a
time period specifying unit specifying a time period from the start to
the end of the event, a start time point specifying unit specifying a
start time point of the event on the basis of the end time point and the
time period, and a controller controlling the event to be started at the
start time point of the event by monitoring a playback status of the
playback data.