State of Use and Utilization of Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting and Roles to be Played by the Government for Dissemination Thereof

1.Background of deliberations

  Terrestrial digital broadcasting started in the three major metropolitan areas in December 2003 and all prefectural capitals in December 2006. The digitalization of terrestrial broadcasting has completed when terrestrial analogue broadcasting terminated in 44 prefectures excluding Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures (hereinafter “the three Tohoku prefectures”) on July 24, 2011 and in the three Tohoku prefectures on March 31, 2012.
  The Information and Communications Council has compiled the interim report on public awareness raising, measures for receivers and measures for transmitters 7 times so far toward the full migration to terrestrial digital broadcasting. On July 25, 2012, the Information and Communications Council compiled a report and suggestions mainly on issues to be addressed after the termination of terrestrial analogue broadcasting were made.
 

2.Future plans

  The MIC will promote necessary measures for solving bad reception of terrestrial digital broadcasting based on the report.