Development of satellite and terrestrial digital broadcasting systems in Japan

Digital broadcasting implementation is advancing more rapidly in Europe and America than in Japan. Digital broadcasting research and development in Japan is promoted to convert the current analog broadcasting into digital broadcasting as well as to fully utilize the features of digital broadcasting and further expand the broadcasting system´s potential. This expansion will include not only improving the picture quality but also taking a long view of the future and the possibilities for new services and the fusion of broadcasting and communications.