A contents distribution system includes: a distributing server storing broadcast program data including to-be-distributed contents; a distributing-site apparatus receiving the broadcast program data, the distributing-site apparatus comprising a configuration setting file for a display apparatus and/or an external source controlled by the distributing-site apparatus; and a control server providing a unit controlling the distributing-site apparatus over a communication line. In an execution routine of a broadcast program schedule, when a control request for requesting for controlling the display apparatus and/or the external source which is a subject to be controlled, the configuration setting file is interpreted. URL constructed with a character sequence representing a logical configuration is generated from the interpreted configuration setting file. A Web browser is operated to access to the control server to acquire a control I/F component. The display apparatus and/or external source is controlled to reproduce the received broadcast program data. |