Video storage type communication device

The present invention relates to a video storage type communication device for use in a video information communication system for distributing video data to remote terminals over a communication channel to which the terminals being connected. This communication device comprises a receiving portion 31 for receiving first coded video data over the communication channel, a first storage portion 32 for storing the first coded video data received by the receiving portion, a video generating portion 34 for re-encoding the first coded video data received by the receiving portion 31 to generate second coded video data different from the first coded video data, a second storage portion 33 for storing the second coded video data generated by the video generating portion 34, a reproduction control portion 35, 37 for selecting the first coded video data stored in the first storage portion 32 or the second coded video data stored in the second storage portion 33, and a transmitting portion 38 for transmitting the first coded video data or the second coded video data selected by the reproduction control portion over the communication channel.