1. A video reception device configured to transmit and receive data through a communication network, the video reception device comprising: an input unit configured to receive an input of a video signal; a video extraction unit configured to extract a partial video for video recognition processing, from the video signal; a video recognition region setting unit configured to detect superimposing information superimposed on the partial video, and set a video recognition region or video recognition candidate regions to the partial video based on a result of the detection; a control unit configured to perform control of transmitting content recognition information to a video recognition device connected to the communication network so as to request the video recognition device to perform the video recognition processing, obtaining a result of the video recognition processing from the video recognition device, and obtaining additional information based on the result of the video recognition processing from an additional information distribution device connected to the communication network; and an additional information display control unit configured to generate the content recognition information in the video recognition region or in the video recognition candidate regions of the partial video.