Abstract: A method is provided to enable a viewer to remotely operate a camera via communication circuits, so that images desired by each viewer can always be obtained. This invention provides an on-demand camera relay method for one-to-one connection of a plurality of cameras and a plurality of receiving devices, and comprising a step in which a plurality of video cameras, each having remotely operable directional devices, and an audio input device are arranged in front of a stage or field; a step in which output from the plurality of cameras and from the audio input device is distributed to a plurality of viewers via a wide area electronic circuit network; and a step in which, using a receiving device possessed by each viewer which displays the distributed images and audio and input means, each viewer can operate the above directional devices.