1. A content providing method, comprising: a step of distributing from a content providing apparatus a recording medium, on which a content that can be reproduced by performing a specified process using specified usage-enabling information is recorded, to a user; a step of determining in a content control apparatus a schedule for distributing said usage-enabling information to reception and reproduction equipment in accordance with an instruction from said content providing apparatus; a step of push-delivering, from said content control apparatus, said usage-enabling information to said user equipment in accordance with said schedule; and a step of reproducing in said user equipment said content from said recording medium using said usage-enabling information received via the push delivery.