Patent ID: 8220028

Claim:
A content transmission apparatus connectable to a content reception apparatus via a network so as to be capable of two-way communication with the content reception apparatus, the content transmission apparatus comprising: a broadcast signal reception section configured to receive a broadcast content on one or more channels; a recording/reproducing section configured to compress and cyclically record data of a selected length of time of a plurality of selectable lengths of time of broadcast content on each channel received by said broadcast signal reception section, wherein each of the selectable lengths of time is at least 24 hours, such that the data of selected lengths of time of the plurality of selectable lengths of time of broadcast content, respectively, for all channels which are received by said broadcast signal reception section are constantly recorded from respective start addresses and, when recording from a first start address of data of a previous selected length of time of the plurality of selectable lengths of time of broadcast content for a first channel of the channels which is received by said broadcast signal reception section is completed, data of at least next selected length of time of the plurality of selectable lengths of time of broadcast content for the first channel which is received by said broadcast signal reception section are overwritten on the data of the previous selected length of time of broadcast content for the first channel from the first start address, and reproduce the recorded compressed data; a communication section configured to transmit the compressed data reproduced by said recording/reproducing section to the content reception apparatus via the network, the content reception apparatus being at a remote place; and a delay control section configured to control said recording/reproducing section to control a delay time between a broadcasting time of the broadcast content and a time at which the compressed data is transmitted, wherein the delay time is set in accordance with time difference information that indicates a time difference between a place where the content transmission apparatus is placed and a place where the content reception apparatus is placed.