PSEUDO VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM, PSEUDO VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM USED FOR THE SAME

摘要

A near video-on-demand system in which the viewer can pause and then resume the playback of content without problems. In a near video-on-demand system 1A, a stream transmission system 0001 for transmitting content transfers the stream data of content that is divided into a plurality of stages, on a plurality of channels with temporal displacements, using a stream transfer means 0005 on a stage-by-stage basis. The stream transmission system 0001 and a stream reception system 0002 exchange control data using control data transfer means 0006. A stream recording/playback means 0113 of the stream reception system 0006 receives, manages, and plays back content on a stage-by-stage basis. The stream reception system 0002 is capable of pausing the playback of content and then resuming the playback from the same stage on another channel, so that pausing and resumption of the playback of content can be smoothly carried out.