INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information provision device, an information display terminal, an information provision system and an information provision method for performing information provision using both a broadcasting transmission path and a communication channel.SOLUTION: An information provision device comprises: a provision start request acquisition unit for receiving a provision start request of program related information; a provision control unit for retrieving a corresponding program related information record from a program related information table stored in a prescribed program related information database based on information about a program name included in the provision start request, for calculating timing for information provision of program related information from time information of the program at a delivery request point of time and provision time of the program related information table, and for transmitting an instruction including information about the timing; and a program related information provision unit for transmitting the program related information to a reception environment system at synchronous timing to provide the program related information in conjunction with a program related to the provision start request.