The present disclosure relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method that make it possible to receive a more suitable
broadcasting service. Provided is a transmission device comprising: a
first generation unit that generates control information including acquirer information indicating an acquirer of transmission
station information pertaining to a transmission
station; a second generation unit that generates, for each
broadcasting service, a broadcast
stream including the control information and data constituting the
broadcasting service; and a transmission unit that transmits the broadcast
stream as a broadcast
signal from the transmission
station, wherein the transmission station information includes an area code for identifying a broadcast region and / or station selection information pertaining to the station selection for the broadcasting service provided in the broadcast area identified by the area code. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a
system compatible with an
ISDB-T next-generation broadcasting scheme.