The present technology is to enable a transmitter device to read appropriate device information (EDID) from a receiver device with a reduced burden on the user.
A memory unit that stores first device information and second device information, and a communication unit that communicates with an external device are included. The control unit determines to cause the external device to read the second device information, on the basis of reception of a rewrite signal for the first device information from the external device. It is possible to cause the external device (a transmitter device) to read appropriate device information (EDID) from a receiver device (a reception device) with a reduced burden on the user, and thus, user-friendliness can be increased.