To enable a viewer to select a desired program easily in a short time.

The cable television system 100 comprises a program distribution device 3, an STB 2 for auditing a distributed program and an administrative server 1 for managing program guide menu information provided to the STB 2, wherein the administrative server comprises an information storage section for storing for each time zone the program guide menu information in which program titles of a plurality of programs are arranged side by side in accordance with predetermined priorities, a CPU performs processing of specifying a time zone during which a menu providing instruction signal transmitted from the STB based on an operation of a remote controller 22 is received and processing of acquiring from the information storage section program guide menu information corresponding to the time zone during which the menu providing instruction signal is received, and a communication control section transmits the program guide menu information to the STB.