Digital TV Broadcasting in Japan 27th. Feb. 2008 Tetsuo YAMAKAWA Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Japan
Today s s Topics Current situation of digital terrestrial TV broadcasting (DTTB) in Japan Feature of ISDB-T Japanese assistance plan 1
Current situation of digital TV broadcasting in Japan
Implementation Schedule of Digital Terrestrial Television in Japan an Sep. 2002 Dec 1. st 2003 Apr. 2003 Feb.2003 July. 24 th 2011 Dec 1. st 2006 Apr 1. st 2006 Start of One-Seg Broadcasting Start of DTTV! (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka) Provisional licenses were awarded Start of Analog channel relocation Ministry established license conditions and requirements 2000 ISDB-T was recommended by ITU 1999 Ministry established technical standard 1998 Issue of Digital Broadcasting Study Group Report 1994 Ministry asked to Council for technical requirement Completion of Digitalization Termination of analog broadcasting Start of DTTV (main cities of the whole country) 3
Expansion Schedule for DTTB in Japan already started by Dec. 2004 started in Jun. 2005 started in Dec. 2005 started in Oct. 2006 started in Dec. 2006 Over 40 million households (90%) have access to DTTB 4
Diffusion of Digital Broadcasting Receivers Dec. 2003 Dec. 2006 Jul. Jul. 2011 Start of of digital TV TVbroadcasting in in three metropolitan areas Nationwide accessibility of of digital terrestrial television broadcasting Termination of of analog broadcasting Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Receivers 30.6 million digital terrestrial broadcasting receivers were shipped (by the end of Dec. 2007). Mobile TV Phones 20.5 million mobile TV phones were shipped (by the end of Dec. 2007). (Unit: thousand) 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 (Unit: thousand) 20,000 15,000 10,000 10,000 5,000 0 Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Source: Japan Electronics and Information Technology Association (JEITA), Japan Cable Laboratory 5,000 0 by Jun Jul AugSepOctNovDecJan FebMarAprMayJun Jul AugSepOctNovDec 2006 2007 Source: Japan Electronics and Information Technology Association (JEITA) 5
Change in Price of Major Flat Panel Displays (FPD) Launched digital terrestrial television Price (US$) 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 6,203 U.S.$ 5,743 U.S.$ LCD 37-inch PDP 42-inch CRT 32-inch 1,565 U.S.$ 1,000 0 1,113 U.S.$ Dec. Mar. Sep. Mar. Sep. Mar. Sep. Mar. Sep. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 6
Prediction of Analog TV Persisting in 2011 (unit thousand) 120,000 Digital TV Analog TV 100,000 80,000 60,000 85,800 78,120 68,120 58,170 46,820 35,430 40,000 61050 20,000 0 10670 18360 27760 38310 49660 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 About 35 million analog TVs will be persisted in Japan by 2011, when transition of analog to digital broadcasting will be completed, especially in the field of public institution (e.g. schools, hospitals, and nursing homes etc..). 7
Very-low low-price, Small-sized Set-Top Box This set-top box for only 50 U.S. dollars is now under development [main spec] Item Signal output Frequency band Electric power Size Video Audio Spec Video: Standard Definition Audio: (L, R) two devices (close-captioned) VHF and UHF 21W H100 W25 D131 (mm) 8
Receiver shipments of the countries and region assign the 6 MHz bandwidth to one TV channel As of in December 2007 Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting System ISDB-T DVB-T Countries and Region Japan Brazil ( ) Taiwan Receiver Shipments Over 30,000,000 (Brazil is not included) 2,000,000 Many countries examine adoption of ISDB-T positively. Source : DVB homepage Japan Electronics and Information Technology association (JEITA) 9
Feature of ISDB-T
Comparison of Three DTTB Systems System Japan EU U.S. Features (ISDB-T) (DVB-T) (ATSC) Service start time 2003 1998 1998 Multi-channel SDTV service possible possible possible HDTV service possible trial possible HDTV reception while moving possible impossible (only SDTV) impossible Portable reception using the same system as fixed reception possible impossible impossible Emergency Warning Broadcasting System possible impossible impossible 11
ISDB-T T is a Suitable System for Next Generation Broadcasting HDTV, Mobile Reception, and Data (Multimedia) Broadcasting are necessary for Next Generation Broadcasting. 10110 For For Large-screen Large-screen Television Television Broadcaster Sports High-Definition Image High-Quality Sound Multiplexing to One Channel Digital Broadcasting News HDTV Mobile HDTV Disasters At home 12 Segments 1 Segment Compressed by MPEG2 Compressed by H.264 Anytime Anywhere In the bus Original Image While walking In the train For For Portable Terminals 12
Japanese assistance plan
Support for Introduction of Digital Broadcasting Dispatch of Japanese experts Japanese experts will be dispatched to the Philippines for technology transfer to promote implementation of digital broadcasting. These experts hold seminars and workshops, and make lectures to Filipino Engineers and officers. Invitation of Filipino Engineers to Japan Filipino Engineers and students will be received in Japanese private companies which research new technology in broadcasting field. Financing Plan JBIC has existence schemes for financial support to import facilities which accompanies the implementation of digital broadcasting. JBIC: Japan Bank for International Cooperation URL: http://www.jbic.go.jp/english/index.php 14
Thank you! Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications () : http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/index.html Presenter: Tetsuo YAMAKAWA Director-General, International Affairs Department, Telecommunications Bureau, Contact us: btd_i@ml.soumu.go.jp 15