1. A content-providing server for executing content transmission to a client and content recording processing, said server comprising: a tuner for executing data reception processing; a data transmission/reception unit for executing communication processing between server and client of received content from said tuner and of control information; a metadata storage unit wherein attribute information corresponding to received content is stored as content information, a content storage unit for storing content; a content management unit for executing providing processing as to a client of said content information; and a content delivery control unit for executing processing as to received content via said tuner; said content delivery control unit comprising a tuner control instance for executing delivery processing control as to the client of the received content of said tuner, and wherein a recording source content identifier is set corresponding to the tuner-received content, and a storage unit control instance for executing storage processing control as to said content storage unit of the received content by said tuner, and wherein a recording target content identifier is set; wherein each of said tuner control instance and said storage unit control instance independently executes control corresponding to the set content identifiers.