Disclosed are a closed caption-support content receiving apparatus and display apparatus, a system having the same, and a closed caption-providing method thereof, which can provide closed-caption data (CCD) suitable for a display apparatus such as a mobile device, a digital television (TV), etc. based on characteristic information of the display apparatus even though the display apparatus is not able to display the received closed-caption data. The content receiving apparatus includes a signal receiver configured to receive a video signal, an audio signal and closed-caption data of content; a communicator configured to communicate with a display apparatus; and a processor or central processing unit configured to determine characteristics of the display apparatus, convert a format of the received closed-caption data into a format compatible with the characteristics of the display apparatus based on the determined characteristics of the display apparatus, and transmit the closed-caption data having the converted format together with the video signal to the display apparatus.