The present disclosure relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method with which it is possible to reduce the
processing load of a reception-side device. Provided is a transmission device comprising: a
first generation unit that generates control information including channel selection information; a second generation unit that generates a transmission
stream including the control information and data constituting a
broadcast service; and a transmission unit that transmits the transmission
stream as a broadcast
signal. The channel selection information includes
time information indicating the time at which a specific
broadcast service is provided, transmission standard information indicating the transmission standard of the specific
broadcast service, and specific information for specifying the data constituting the specific broadcast service. The transmission unit transmits the transmission
stream corresponding to the specific broadcast service as a broadcast
signal corresponding to the transmission standard during a period corresponding to the time. The present disclosure can be applied to, e.g., a
transmission system corresponding to the next-generation broadcast standard,
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