The present invention provides an audiovisual access criterion updating method, for updating an audiovisual access criterion in an audiovisual access criterion managing device, the audiovisual access criterion managing device managing the audiovisual access criterion of a content signal, the audiovisual access criterion updating method includes: a step of receiving update information descriptive of update content of the audiovisual access criterion and identification information of the audiovisual access criterion managing device by an updating code generating system; a step of generating an updating code by the updating code generating system according to the update information and the identification information; a step of receiving the updating code by the audiovisual access criterion managing device; and a step of updating the audiovisual access criterion by the audiovisual access criterion managing device according to the updating code.