An apparatus and/or a method for efficiently providing meta data information regarding content and the content to a user includes connecting to a meta data information providing server that provides meta data of at least one content, receiving fundamental meta data information including connection information, which is provided for retrieval of content, from the meta data information providing server, and, when predetermined content is selected, connecting to one of the content providing servers that provide the selected content using the connection information and obtaining the selected content from the connected content providing server. Thus, it is possible to rapidly access a content providing server that provides user desired content using fundamental meta data information received from a meta data