Apparatus and computer-readable recording medium having program recorded therein for providing low-latency real-time broadcast content

An apparatus for providing low-latency real-time broadcast content, the apparatus comprising:

• a first media receiving module configured to receive and decode a first streaming data packet of real-time broadcast content from a first streaming server for providing a streaming service based on a first media transmission technique;
• a second media receiving module configured to receive and decode a second streaming data packet of the real-time broadcast content from a second streaming server for providing the streaming service based on a second media transmission technique which is different from the first media transmission technique;
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• a playback module configured to provide a user interface for playback of the real-time broadcast content, to determine whether a streaming request event satisfies an event condition for switching to a low-latency real-time broadcast mode when the streaming request event for an arbitrary channel occurs through the user interface, to instruct a streaming request to the first or second media receiving module depending on a determination result, and to play the decoded first or second streaming data packet received from the first or second media receiving module.