Finally, Japan had bid goodbye with the analog television system for over 58 years of broadcast. Hope Philippines will take the path Japan's led to a smooth transition to digital terrestrial television, soon.
TOKYO - Japan on Sunday shifted to digital terrestrial broadcasting, switching off its analogue television network in all areas except those worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the government said.
Japanese broadcasters ended analogue transmission across most of the country at noon (0900 GMT) after 58 years. No major problems among viewers were immediately reported.
As of the end of June, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry believed at least 290,000 households were still not ready to receive digital signals, Jiji Press said.
Source: ABS-CBN NewsThe Japanese government has postponed the move to digital in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima until the end of March next year due to damage from the earthquake and tsunami. - Agence France Presse (AFP), dated 25 July 2011, 03:54 PM.
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