1. A content providing system comprising: a content distribution server; and a content receiving terminal connected to the content distribution server through a communication channel, wherein the content receiving terminal comprises: operation input means for performing an input operation for specifying one point on a line, time information output means for outputting the point specified by the operation input means as time information, request sending means for sending a content providing request including the output time information to the content distribution server, and providing means for receiving at least one content item sent from the content distribution server in response to the content providing request and for providing the received content item to a user, and the content distribution server comprises: a content storage unit in which a plurality of content items are stored in association with at least time information concerning each of the plurality of content items, search means for searching the content storage unit for at least one content item according to a search condition based on the time information included in the content providing request sent from the content receiving terminal, and content distribution means for distributing said at least one content item searched by the search means to the content receiving terminal.