March 16, 2023 Result of Public Solicitation for Organizations to Implement Digital Interference Countermeasure Project

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) made a public solicitation from Friday, January 13 through Monday, February 13, 2023, for organizations to make environmental improvements and provide support for the smooth migration of conventional broadcasting to digital terrestrial broadcasting (under a digital interference countermeasure project) pertaining to the FY2023 budget. The details of the proposal were evaluated by external experts, and, based on their evaluation, MIC selected the Radio Engineering & Electronics Association as the candidate organization to implement the project.

1. Outline of the project

This project aims to implement countermeasures to resolve or eliminate radio interference with terrestrial digital television broadcasting through inquiries about reception problems and on-site inspections.
MIC is soliciting proposals from the public before the FY2023 budget bill passes the Diet so that the projects can be started as soon as possible. Consequently, the source of funding for measures and content of such projects may be subject to change, depending on the passage of the budget bill.

2. Candidate organization to implement the project

As a result of the public solicitation from Friday, January 13 through Monday, February 13, 2023, there was one applicant. The details of the proposal were evaluated by external experts, and, based on their evaluation, MIC selected the Radio Engineering & Electronics Association as the candidate organization to implement the project.

3. Future plans

MIC will accept a subsidy application from the selected candidate organization and make the decision on granting a subsidy after screening the application.