A recording apparatus (100) receives, with respect to an identical program, high image quality digital broadcasting data and low image quality digital broadcasting data, records the high image quality program data and the low image quality program data in a recording medium (111). When a cellular phone device (200) is connected to the recording apparatus (100), the recording apparatus (100) transfers the recorded low image quality program data to the cellular phone device (200) via a communication interface (216). The recording apparatus (100) transmits, to the portable cellular phone device (200), management information of the end of playback and deletion of the first program data whose program is identical to that of the transferred second program data.