A content providing server that executes a content transmission process to a client connected via a local area network, said server comprising: a tuner that executes a data reception process; a data transmission/reception section that executes a communication process between the server and the client via the local area network for received content by said tuner and control information; a storage section having attribute information corresponding to the received content by the tuner as content information; a content management section that executes a process of providing said content information to the client; and a content distribution control section that executes live streaming distribution control of the received content via said tuner to the client via the local area network, wherein said storage section is configured to store a plurality of channel list URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) each as identification information about one of a plurality of channel lists each containing at least a plurality of channels of received channels by said tuner, as content information corresponding to tuner-received content, and wherein said content distribution control section is configured to set a plurality of tuner-received content corresponding to the plurality of channels described in one of said channel lists as a single unit of controlled content, to execute control over content for distribution corresponding to the plurality of channels described in said one of said channel lists on the basis of a control request corresponding to a channel list URL, the channel list URL being identification information about said one of said channel lists and received from the client, thereby allowing the client collective control over said plurality of channels of said one of said channel lists, including switching channels, on the basis of said channel list URL, wherein said content distribution control section is characterized by being configured to execute, during execution of distribution control over content on the plurality of channels received by said tuner specified on the basis of the channel list URL as an identifier of said channel list, distribution of the tuner-received content specified on the basis of the channel list URL, in response to an HTTP-GET method received as a content request from another client of the local area network wherein the same channel list URL is designated, through an HTTP connection which is based on said channel list URL. a tuner that executes a data reception process; a data transmission/reception section that executes a communication process between the server and the client via the local area network for received content by said tuner and control information; a storage section having attribute information corresponding to the received content by the tuner as content information; a content management section that executes a process of providing said content information to the client; and a content distribution control section that executes live streaming distribution control of the received content via said tuner to the client via the local area network, wherein said storage section is configured to store a plurality of channel list URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) each as identification information about one of a plurality of channel lists each containing at least a plurality of channels of received channels by said tuner, as content information corresponding to tuner-received content, and wherein said content distribution control section is configured to set a plurality of tuner-received content corresponding to the plurality of channels described in one of said channel lists as a single unit of controlled content, to execute control over content for distribution corresponding to the plurality of channels described in said one of said channel lists on the basis of a control request corresponding to a channel list URL, the channel list URL being identification information about said one of said channel lists and received from the client, thereby allowing the client collective control over said plurality of channels of said one of said channel lists, including switching channels, on the basis of said channel list URL, wherein said content distribution control section is characterized by being configured to execute, during execution of distribution control over content on the plurality of channels received by said tuner specified on the basis of the channel list URL as an identifier of said channel list, distribution of the tuner-received content specified on the basis of the channel list URL, in response to an HTTP-GET method received as a content request from another client of the local area network wherein the same channel list URL is designated, through an HTTP connection which is based on said channel list URL.