A server, comprising: a storage medium; a connection section configured to be connectable to one or more client apparatuses through a network; a service providing unit configured to provide two or more services from among services of live-reception of a digital broadcast, distribution of recorded data, and movement of the recorded data from the storage medium to a different apparatus in accordance with a service providing request supplied from a first client apparatus which is being connected to the connection section; a client information storage section configured to store therein information associated with the first client apparatus while the connection section is connected to the first client apparatus; a client information presentation section configured to present at least one of the information associated with the first client apparatus and stored in the client information storage section to a second client apparatus, and to present at least one of the information associated with the second client apparatus to the first client apparatus, when a service providing request is supplied from the second client apparatus while a service which is not permitted to be simultaneously provided to a plurality of client apparatuses is provided to the first client apparatus by the service providing unit; and an arbitration section configured to cause the service providing unit to stop the service which is being provided to the first client apparatus, and to cause at least one of the first client apparatus and the second client apparatus to select whether or not the provision of the service which the second client requests to provide is started, wherein while the service providing unit is providing the service of either the live-reception of the digital broadcast, or the movement of the recorded data from the storage medium to the different client apparatus, the service providing unit does not permit any of other services to be simultaneously provided to the plurality of client apparatuses. a storage medium; a connection section configured to be connectable to one or more client apparatuses through a network; a service providing unit configured to provide two or more services from among services of live-reception of a digital broadcast, distribution of recorded data, and movement of the recorded data from the storage medium to a different apparatus in accordance with a service providing request supplied from a first client apparatus which is being connected to the connection section; a client information storage section configured to store therein information associated with the first client apparatus while the connection section is connected to the first client apparatus; a client information presentation section configured to present at least one of the information associated with the first client apparatus and stored in the client information storage section to a second client apparatus, and to present at least one of the information associated with the second client apparatus to the first client apparatus, when a service providing request is supplied from the second client apparatus while a service which is not permitted to be simultaneously provided to a plurality of client apparatuses is provided to the first client apparatus by the service providing unit; and an arbitration section configured to cause the service providing unit to stop the service which is being provided to the first client apparatus, and to cause at least one of the first client apparatus and the second client apparatus to select whether or not the provision of the service which the second client requests to provide is started, wherein while the service providing unit is providing the service of either the live-reception of the digital broadcast, or the movement of the recorded data from the storage medium to the different client apparatus, the service providing unit does not permit any of other services to be simultaneously provided to the plurality of client apparatuses.