The information providing system receives contents and a contents code
corresponding to the contents by utilizing the broadcasting waves
transmitted from a broadcasting station or the Internet, for example, and
stores them. The contents may be information of newspaper article or
else, and the contents code may be a code uniquely assigned to the
contents. On the other hand, a paper-type display medium on which a
similar contents code is recorded in advance is provided to a user by
selling it or free distribution. When the user sets the paper-type
display medium on the broadcasting receiver in a household, the code
reading unit reads the contents code recorded on the paper-type display
medium. Then, the receiver obtains the contents corresponding to the read
contents code and displays it on the paper-type display medium.
