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Migration to terrestrial digital broadcasting is scheduled to be complete by the time terrestrial analog broadcasting is terminated on July 24, 2011.
Since July 24, 2010 falls exactly one year before the termination of terrestrial analog broadcasting, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) is cooperating with The Association for National Promotion of Digital Broadcasting and The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (Dpa) to increase awareness of this landmark event through public relations activities in the form of a meeting to be held at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) and a parade along Nishi Ginza Dori.
Other initiatives scheduled to take place around the country are listed in the enclosed document.
"Epic Japan-wide Fight for Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting"
Meeting one year before time is up for complete migration to terrestrial and BS digital broadcasting
Ceremony
Date and time:
July 24 (Sat), 2010 11:00-12:20
Venue:
Imperial Hotel Tokyo (1-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Organizers
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), The Association for National Promotion of Digital Broadcasting, The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (Dpa)
Attendees
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Dpa, broadcasting organizations, manufacturers, retailers, cable television businesses, local public bodies, groups supporting migration to terrestrial digital broadcasting, and ambassadors for the promotion of terrestrial digital broadcasting
Parade
Date and time:
July 24 (Sat), 2010 12:40-13:15
Venue:
Nishi Ginza Dori (Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
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For further information about this press release, please fill in the inquiry form and submit it to MIC on the website
http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/contact.html
International Policy Division,
Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
TEL: +81 3 5253 5374 / FAX: +81 3 5253 5924 |
