A transmission apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a content, a notification unit configured, in a case where contents identified by a list of contents that is to be transmitted to a reception apparatus include unstored contents that are not stored in the storage unit, to issue a notification to the reception apparatus so that a content request for at least one of the unstored contents is not transmitted, a control unit configured to store the unstored content corresponding to the notification, into the storage unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the stored content to the reception apparatus.