July 10, 2020 Decision on Granting Subsidy for Project of Regional Cable TV Network Development

Concerning the Project of Regional Cable TV Network Development based on FY2020 initial budgets, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has selected subsidy recipients with consideration of the results of evaluation made by external experts.

1. Project overview

This project subsidizes a part of the maintenance costs of broadcasting and communications networks, which are essential regional means of information transmission in times of disasters, from the viewpoint of disaster prevention that avoids information interruption due to the disconnection of the broadcasting and communication networks.

2. Subsidy recipients

MIC has selected the three subsidy recipients with consideration of the results of evaluation made by external experts.

Prefecture	Applicant name
Fukui Prefecture	Mihama Town
Tottori Prefecture	Nichinan Town
Oita Prefecture	Kitsuki City