A reception device, comprising: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire second metadata including first and second flags, the first flag indicating whether or not it is possible to acquire streams of components configuring a service through only first metadata, the second flag indicating whether or not there is a stream of a second component transmitted from a server on the Internet by way of communication among the streams of the components configuring the service, the first metadata including information related to a stream of a first component transmitted by way of broadcasting through a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an Internet Protocol, IP, transmission scheme; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire the first metadata based on the second metadata; and a control unit configured to access the stream of the first component transmitted by way of broadcasting based on the first metadata, wherein, when the second flag indicates that there is a stream of a second component transmitted from a server on the Internet by way of communication among the streams of the components configuring the service, - the second acquiring unit is configured to acquire third metadata for managing reproduction of the stream of the second component transmitted by way of communication, and - the control unit is configured to access the stream of the first component transmitted by way of broadcasting and the stream of the second component transmitted by way of communication and to control reproduction of the first component transmitted by way of broadcasting together with the second component transmitted by way of communication based on the first metadata and the third metadata. a first acquiring unit configured to acquire second metadata including first and second flags, the first flag indicating whether or not it is possible to acquire streams of components configuring a service through only first metadata, the second flag indicating whether or not there is a stream of a second component transmitted from a server on the Internet by way of communication among the streams of the components configuring the service, the first metadata including information related to a stream of a first component transmitted by way of broadcasting through a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an Internet Protocol, IP, transmission scheme; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire the first metadata based on the second metadata; and a control unit configured to access the stream of the first component transmitted by way of broadcasting based on the first metadata, wherein, when the second flag indicates that there is a stream of a second component transmitted from a server on the Internet by way of communication among the streams of the components configuring the service, - the second acquiring unit is configured to acquire third metadata for managing reproduction of the stream of the second component transmitted by way of communication, and - the control unit is configured to access the stream of the first component transmitted by way of broadcasting and the stream of the second component transmitted by way of communication and to control reproduction of the first component transmitted by way of broadcasting together with the second component transmitted by way of communication based on the first metadata and the third metadata. - the second acquiring unit is configured to acquire third metadata for managing reproduction of the stream of the second component transmitted by way of communication, and - the control unit is configured to access the stream of the first component transmitted by way of broadcasting and the stream of the second component transmitted by way of communication and to control reproduction of the first component transmitted by way of broadcasting together with the second component transmitted by way of communication based on the first metadata and the third metadata.