Patent ID: 8824860

Claim:
A program delivery control system comprising: a memory configured to store a playlist indicating a play order of items forming a program; apparatus control circuitry configured to control an apparatus on the basis of the playlist stored in the memory and configured to cause the memory to store error information sent from the apparatus in correlation with the apparatus that issued the error information; and playlist display control circuitry configured to control so as to display the playlist stored in the memory on a screen with an item being played indicated as such and, in a case where the error information is stored, with an item for which the apparatus that issued the error information is necessary provided with an error indication, wherein the error information includes information of an inability of the apparatus to function as controlled by the apparatus control circuitry on the basis of the playlist, and wherein the playlist display control circuitry is configured to calculate a time remaining from an item currently on air to the item for which the apparatus issued the error information.