To provide a device capable of creating correct indexes from the head of programs when program data are recorded, and accurately and quickly reproducing a scene according to meta data.

When information indicating an accurate program start position is transmitted through a broadcast wave, and a terminal records a program, index information having a program start position corrected based on the information is created, and a reproducing position is decided by using the index information during digest reproduction. That is, accurate indexes are created from the head of the programs when program data are recorded, and thus a scene is accurately and quickly reproduced according to the meta data.