An information access system capable of distributing program meta information and a content with an interrelation established therebetween, characterized in comprising: transmission means for transmitting the program meta information, which is information structured as basic electronic programming guide information, and a meta information reference ID, which refers to one or more pieces of the program meta information, from an information distribution device to an information reception device; reception means for receiving the program meta information and the meta information reference ID from the information distribution device; request means for requesting content meta information to the information distribution device based on the meta information reference ID received by the reception means; distribution means for distributing the content meta information to the information reception device in response to the request made by the request means; display means for displaying the content meta information acquired from the information distribution device; determination means for determining, whether the content meta information acquired from the information distribution device has an update possibility; characterized in that the information reception device is adapted to perform an update confirmation process with the information distribution device, in order to acquire updated content meta information from the information distribution device; wherein for performing the update confirmation process request means are adapted to forward a request including the version information of the acquired content meta information from the information reception device to the information distribution device; the information distribution device is adapted to compare the received version information of the acquired content meta information to version information of content meta information in the distribution means based on the meta information reference ID; the information distribution device is adapted to distribute updated content meta information to the information receiving device based on a result of the comparison, and the information reception device is adapted to perform the update confirmation process, if the acquired content meta information is determined to have an update possibility, and not to perform the update confirmation process, if the acquired content meta information is determined to not have an update possibility. transmission means for transmitting the program meta information, which is information structured as basic electronic programming guide information, and a meta information reference ID, which refers to one or more pieces of the program meta information, from an information distribution device to an information reception device; reception means for receiving the program meta information and the meta information reference ID from the information distribution device; request means for requesting content meta information to the information distribution device based on the meta information reference ID received by the reception means; distribution means for distributing the content meta information to the information reception device in response to the request made by the request means; display means for displaying the content meta information acquired from the information distribution device; determination means for determining, whether the content meta information acquired from the information distribution device has an update possibility; characterized in that the information reception device is adapted to perform an update confirmation process with the information distribution device, in order to acquire updated content meta information from the information distribution device; wherein for performing the update confirmation process request means are adapted to forward a request including the version information of the acquired content meta information from the information reception device to the information distribution device; the information distribution device is adapted to compare the received version information of the acquired content meta information to version information of content meta information in the distribution means based on the meta information reference ID; the information distribution device is adapted to distribute updated content meta information to the information receiving device based on a result of the comparison, and the information reception device is adapted to perform the update confirmation process, if the acquired content meta information is determined to have an update possibility, and not to perform the update confirmation process, if the acquired content meta information is determined to not have an update possibility.