A reception apparatus (11, 1100) comprising: a broadcast reception unit configured to receive broadcast content including a video stream, broadcast subtitles, and a plurality of pieces of timing information, the video stream being composed of a plurality of images output along a time axis, the broadcast subtitles being composed of a plurality of character strings, the character strings one-to-one corresponding to the images; an alternative subtitle acquisition unit (110, 1002) configured to acquire alternative subtitles prior to reception of the broadcast content; an alternative subtitle holding unit configured to hold the alternative subtitles as acquired; the pieces of timing information one-to-one correspond to the images and the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, and each indicate a timing at which a corresponding one of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles is to be output in synchronization with a corresponding one of the images the alternative subtitles acquired by the alternative subtitle acquisition unit (110, 1002) are composed of a plurality of character strings that are alternatives to the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles in a different representation, and an alternative subtitle synchronization unit, characterized by the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles are associated with respective identifiers that are different from one another, the identifiers each uniquely identifying an associated character string, the character strings constituting the alternative subtitles one-to-one correspond to the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, and are each associated with one of the identifiers that is associated with a corresponding one of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, and the alternative subtitle synchronization unit outputs, at a timing indicated by one of the pieces of timing information corresponding to each of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, instead of said each of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, one of the character strings constituting the alternative subtitles that is associated with one of the identifiers associated with said each of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles. a broadcast reception unit configured to receive broadcast content including a video stream, broadcast subtitles, and a plurality of pieces of timing information, the video stream being composed of a plurality of images output along a time axis, the broadcast subtitles being composed of a plurality of character strings, the character strings one-to-one corresponding to the images; an alternative subtitle acquisition unit (110, 1002) configured to acquire alternative subtitles prior to reception of the broadcast content; an alternative subtitle holding unit configured to hold the alternative subtitles as acquired; the pieces of timing information one-to-one correspond to the images and the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, and each indicate a timing at which a corresponding one of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles is to be output in synchronization with a corresponding one of the images the alternative subtitles acquired by the alternative subtitle acquisition unit (110, 1002) are composed of a plurality of character strings that are alternatives to the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles in a different representation, and an alternative subtitle synchronization unit, characterized by the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles are associated with respective identifiers that are different from one another, the identifiers each uniquely identifying an associated character string, the character strings constituting the alternative subtitles one-to-one correspond to the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, and are each associated with one of the identifiers that is associated with a corresponding one of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, and the alternative subtitle synchronization unit outputs, at a timing indicated by one of the pieces of timing information corresponding to each of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, instead of said each of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles, one of the character strings constituting the alternative subtitles that is associated with one of the identifiers associated with said each of the character strings constituting the broadcast subtitles.