Contents supply apparatus, the content supply method, the program, the terminal device, and a content supply system

The present disclosure, the contents supply apparatus to be able to realize a quick zapping between channels, content supplying method, a program, a terminal apparatus, and a content supply system. Content supplying apparatus according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, in accordance with the timing and time length are unified with the other channels, to generate a zapping stream by separating the streaming data, to the receiving side through the network a first supply unit for supplying, to generate a view for stream by separating the streaming data by the time length of an integral multiple of the time length of the zapping stream, the view for the stream to the receiver via the network comprising a second supply unit for supplying, a metafile generation unit the viewing for stream and the zapping stream to generate a metafile for receiving said receiving side. The present disclosure is applicable to a system to stream content.