Program table generation device, program data sharing system, the program table generation method and program

摘要

To share program data between a plurality of information providers, between which providers there exists a predetermined association, whereby a program schedule for each of the information providers can be acquired. The program-schedule-generating device stores program data provided by a plurality of information providers. The program-schedule-generating device specifies a subject user, who is an information provider to which program schedule data is to be transmitted (Sb2), and specifies another information provider having a predetermined association with the user (Sb3). The predetermined association referred to here is, for example, a condition in which users are members of an identical service (such as an SNS). The program-schedule-generating device extracts the program data provided by the information providers (Sb4), generates program schedule data based on the program data (Sb9), and transmits the program schedule data (Sb10).