A playback apparatus, comprising a communication unit which communicates with an external apparatus, a display unit, a holding unit which holds content information related to content transmitted from the external apparatus to the playback apparatus, and a control unit, wherein the content comprises a plurality of segments, the content information includes segment information for identifying for which segments, among the plurality of segments, display by the display unit has completed, and the control unit based on the content information, controls the communication unit to receive from the external apparatus a segment for which display by the display unit has not completed among the plurality of segments.