A receiving device comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive, by a broadcast wave, an audio-video, AV, content, a value of an event identifier comprised in an Event Information Table, EIT, and a value of a data event identifier comprised in a Download Info Indication, DII; a control information acquiring unit configured to acquire control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in conjunction with the AV content, said control information being comprised in an Application Information Table written in the Extensible Markup Language, XML, format, XML-AIT, and being acquired via a network from a server; and a control unit configured to end the application program being executed based on duration range information for specifying a range on a time axis, wherein the operation of the application program can be continued in the range, wherein the duration range information is contained in the control information and specifies an event or a data event and a target data carousel; and wherein the control unit is configured, if the duration range information specifies an event, to monitor the value of the event identifier based on a comparison target value of the event identifier acquired at the start of the application program and to end execution of the application program in case the value of the event identifier is updated and, if the duration range information specifies a data event, to monitor the value of the data event identifier based on a comparison target value of the data event identifier of the target data carousel acquired at the start of the application program and to end execution of the application program in case the value of the data event identifier is updated. a receiving unit configured to receive, by a broadcast wave, an audio-video, AV, content, a value of an event identifier comprised in an Event Information Table, EIT, and a value of a data event identifier comprised in a Download Info Indication, DII; a control information acquiring unit configured to acquire control information for controlling an operation of an application program to be executed in conjunction with the AV content, said control information being comprised in an Application Information Table written in the Extensible Markup Language, XML, format, XML-AIT, and being acquired via a network from a server; and a control unit configured to end the application program being executed based on duration range information for specifying a range on a time axis, wherein the operation of the application program can be continued in the range, wherein the duration range information is contained in the control information and specifies an event or a data event and a target data carousel; and wherein the control unit is configured, if the duration range information specifies an event, to monitor the value of the event identifier based on a comparison target value of the event identifier acquired at the start of the application program and to end execution of the application program in case the value of the event identifier is updated and, if the duration range information specifies a data event, to monitor the value of the data event identifier based on a comparison target value of the data event identifier of the target data carousel acquired at the start of the application program and to end execution of the application program in case the value of the data event identifier is updated. if the duration range information specifies an event, to monitor the value of the event identifier based on a comparison target value of the event identifier acquired at the start of the application program and to end execution of the application program in case the value of the event identifier is updated and, if the duration range information specifies a data event, to monitor the value of the data event identifier based on a comparison target value of the data event identifier of the target data carousel acquired at the start of the application program and to end execution of the application program in case the value of the data event identifier is updated.