A reception device comprising: a first reception unit configured to receive broadcast components and control information transmitted on a broadcast wave, the control information including information about a layer structure including a selective layer, a composite layer, and an adaptive layer; a second reception unit configured to receive communication components distributed via a communication network; and a control unit configured to control operation of the units of the reception device, wherein the received broadcast components and the received communication components each belong to one of three categories and to each category a least one broadcast component and at least one communication component belong, wherein the components in each of the three categories are processed in the layer structure, and wherein the first category refers to the classification of a component as a video component, the second category refers to the classification of a component as an audio component, and the third category refers to the classification of a component as a caption component, wherein the control unit is configured, in the adaptive layer, to select, per category, a broadcast component or a communication component belonging to the respective category, in the composite layer, to combine, for each of the first and third categories, the component selected in the adaptive layer and another component that belongs to the respective category and is selected from among communication components in the adaptive layer into a combined component, and to combine, for the second category, the component selected in the adaptive layer and another component that belongs to the second category and is either selected from among communication components in the adaptive layer or is not to be selected in the adaptive layer into a combined component, in the selective layer, to select, per category the component selected in the adaptive layer, the component that belongs to the first category and is not to be selected in the adaptive layer, or the combined component, wherein the reception device further comprises a video output unit configured to output the component selected in the selective layer in the first and third categories and an audio output unit configured to output the component selected in the selective layer in the second category. a second reception unit configured to receive communication components distributed via a communication network; and a control unit configured to control operation of the units of the reception device, wherein the received broadcast components and the received communication components each belong to one of three categories and to each category a least one broadcast component and at least one communication component belong, wherein the components in each of the three categories are processed in the layer structure, and wherein the first category refers to the classification of a component as a video component, the second category refers to the classification of a component as an audio component, and the third category refers to the classification of a component as a caption component, wherein the control unit is configured, in the adaptive layer, to select, per category, a broadcast component or a communication component belonging to the respective category, in the composite layer, to combine, for each of the first and third categories, the component selected in the adaptive layer and another component that belongs to the respective category and is selected from among communication components in the adaptive layer into a combined component, and to combine, for the second category, the component selected in the adaptive layer and another component that belongs to the second category and is either selected from among communication components in the adaptive layer or is not to be selected in the adaptive layer into a combined component, in the selective layer, to select, per category the component selected in the adaptive layer, the component that belongs to the first category and is not to be selected in the adaptive layer, or the combined component, wherein the reception device further comprises a video output unit configured to output the component selected in the selective layer in the first and third categories and an audio output unit configured to output the component selected in the selective layer in the second category.