To provide a program information processing system, a program registration terminal, or the like for creating or registering program information for each program in each broadcasting station.

In the program information processing system, the program registration terminal has a program meta-information generation section for generating program meta-information for composing a program table based on program information accepted by an input acceptance section, and a registration instruction section for instructing a program information managing device to register the program meta-information in program meta-information units. The program information managing device has a program meta-information registration section for registering the program meta-information in program units, and a program meta-information storage section for storing the program meta-information in program units, according to the instruction of the registration of the program meta-information. A program confirmation terminal has a program meta-information acquisition section for acquiring the program meta-information from the program information managing device, and a program table configuration permission section for updating status information regarding the program meta-information for the program meta-information and permitting the configuration of the program table.

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