- Sales forecast index＊1: The telecommunications industry reported “positive” movement in the first and second quarter of FY 2011, while in both quarters the commercial broadcasting industry reported “negative” movement and the cable television industry reported “positive” movement.
- Financing forecast index＊2: The telecommunications industry, commercial broadcasting industry and cable television industry all reported “positive” movement in both quarters.
- Industry condition forecast index＊3: The telecommunications industry reported “positive” movement in both quarters, while in the same period the commercial broadcasting industry reported “negative” movement and the cable television industry reported “positive” movement.
*1 Sales forecast index (DI) = “Proportion of businesses predicting increase (%)” - “Proportion of businesses predicting decrease (%)”
*2 Financing forecast index (DI) = “Proportion of businesses predicting a surplus (%)” - “Proportion of businesses predicting difficulties (%)”
*3 Industry condition forecast index (DI) = “Proportion of businesses predicting ascent (%)” - “Proportion of businesses predicting descent (%)” |
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has compiled results (quick report) from the “Survey of Communications and Broadcasting Industry Trends” (general statistics) carried out in April 2011, details of which can be found in the enclosed document.
Defined values, including sales figures, will be published on the Internet at the telecommunications statistics database in the middle of June 2011.
- About the Survey of Communications and Broadcasting Industry Trends
In order to understand management trends in communications and broadcasting industries (telecommunications and broadcasting businesses), the Survey of Communications and Broadcasting Industry Trends has been carried out since April 1995 in the form of a questionnaire survey (surveys are mailed out, with responses returned via fax or the Internet) looking at sales forecasts, etc. This is the only survey that ascertains communications/broadcasting industry sales predictions, etc.
How survey targets are selected:
Based on the results of the FY 2009 Survey of Communications and Broadcasting Industry Trends, the survey sample number is established to cover 160 companies so as to provide statistical significance, while specific sample numbers for each industry sector are established according to the sales share of each type of industry (telecommunications, commercial broadcasting, etc.). Survey targets for each type of industry are selected by separating the entire group from sampled businesses, with businesses that generate high levels of sales sampled until the number of selected industries reaches the established sample number, and random sampling carried out from the remaining population.
Survey items:
Sales, financing and industry condition forecasts, etc. (four times annually)
Response rate (resulting from values in this initial report)
| Classification |
No. of businesses targeted |
No. of replies |
Response rate (%) |
| Entire communications and broadcasting industry |
160 |
118 |
73.8% |
| |
Telecommunications industry |
74 |
53 |
71.6% |
| |
Broadcasting industry |
86 |
65 |
75.6% |
| |
|
Commercial broadcasting industry |
50 |
37 |
74.0% |
| |
|
Cable television industry |
36 |
28 |
77.8% |
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Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
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