An on the spot live video distribution system comprising: a plurality of slave apparatuses, and a master apparatus to be located in a spot, each of the plurality of slave apparatuses being equipped with a camera to capture an image of a target on the spot, and a first communicating means to exchange signals with the master apparatus; the master apparatus being equipped with a server, a second communicating means to exchange signals directly with said slave apparatuses, and a third communicating means to exchange signals with a plurality of terminal apparatuses to be remote from the spot via a public network or with a relay apparatus and a public network; wherein each of the plurality of slave apparatuses is associated with a different terminal apparatus of said plurality of terminal apparatuses; said slave apparatus has a function to generate a video signal on the basis of the captured result from said camera and to send the video signal to said master apparatus; and said server has the following functions: a function to receive the video signal from each of the plurality of said slave apparatuses via said second communicating means; an optional function to process said video signal, if required, to generate a converted video signal; and a function to send said received video signal or said converted video signal via said third communicating means and a public network addressed to different terminal apparatuses of said plurality of terminal apparatuses simultaneously in real time, wherein the image captured by the camera varies according to a vantage point of the camera, and said slave apparatus has a function to perform a translational motion so as to set the vantage point of said camera on the basis of a translational motion control signal that is sent from said terminal apparatus associated with the slave apparatus itself. a plurality of slave apparatuses, and a master apparatus to be located in a spot, each of the plurality of slave apparatuses being equipped with a camera to capture an image of a target on the spot, and a first communicating means to exchange signals with the master apparatus; the master apparatus being equipped with a server, a second communicating means to exchange signals directly with said slave apparatuses, and a third communicating means to exchange signals with a plurality of terminal apparatuses to be remote from the spot via a public network or with a relay apparatus and a public network; wherein each of the plurality of slave apparatuses is associated with a different terminal apparatus of said plurality of terminal apparatuses; said slave apparatus has a function to generate a video signal on the basis of the captured result from said camera and to send the video signal to said master apparatus; and said server has the following functions: a function to receive the video signal from each of the plurality of said slave apparatuses via said second communicating means; an optional function to process said video signal, if required, to generate a converted video signal; and a function to send said received video signal or said converted video signal via said third communicating means and a public network addressed to different terminal apparatuses of said plurality of terminal apparatuses simultaneously in real time, wherein a function to receive the video signal from each of the plurality of said slave apparatuses via said second communicating means; an optional function to process said video signal, if required, to generate a converted video signal; and a function to send said received video signal or said converted video signal via said third communicating means and a public network addressed to different terminal apparatuses of said plurality of terminal apparatuses simultaneously in real time, wherein the image captured by the camera varies according to a vantage point of the camera, and said slave apparatus has a function to perform a translational motion so as to set the vantage point of said camera on the basis of a translational motion control signal that is sent from said terminal apparatus associated with the slave apparatus itself.