A transport signal transmitted from a television receiver apparatus 720 through a signal line 708 is subjected to a separation operation by a transport-signal processor 713 and decoded by a video-signal decoding unit 714 and an audio-signal decoding unit 715. A decoded video signal is supplied through a signal line 701 to the television receiver apparatus 720. Video processing time of the television receiver apparatus 720 is obtained by a delay-information obtaining unit 716 through a signal line 703. An audio-signal delaying unit 717 delays an audio signal decoded by the audio-signal decoding unit 715 in accordance with the video processing time obtained by the delay-information obtaining unit 716 and outputs the audio signal to a speaker 750.