Recent topics on Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting in Japan
Atsumi SUGIMOTODiBEG Consultant@ ARIB
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
Today’s Topics
What is DiBEG?
Update of Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) in JapanService Features of DTTB
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
What is DiBEG?
The Digital Broadcasting Experts Group (DiBEG)was founded in September 1997 for the key forces to promote the Japanese digital terrestrial broadcasting system ISDB-T and ISDB-TSB into the world. Members are broadcasters, broadcast equipment manufacturers and consumer electronics manufacturers etc.DiBEG is now one committee of ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses).
Update of Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting in Japan
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
Schedule of Digital Broadcasting in Japan
1996
Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya
Satellite(BS)
Cable
Terrestrial Terrestrial
Pilot trial
2000 2005 2010Satellite
(CS)
2001
20031998~2003 2006
Others2011
Analog
Analog/Digital Fully digital
Target of end
Analog2011
1996
End of Analog HDTV End of Analog SDTV
2007
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
Expansion Schedule for Digital Terrestrial TV
Digital terrestrial television broadcasting service will begin one after another in all prefectural capitals by Dec. 2006.
Started before Dec,2004
Will start before Dec, 2006
Started before Dec,2005Started before Dec., 2004
Will start before Oct., 2006
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
Households Coverage
On December 1st 2003, Digital Terrestrial TV started in three metropolitan areas (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)Households Coverage (percentage of the households which can receive DTTB) increases every year as shown below.
In December 2004: 18.0 million households (38%)In December 2005: 28.4 million households (60%)In December 2006: 38.5 million households (82%)
(DTTB is available in all the prefectural capitals)
Industry’s target is that every household has more than one DTTB receivers by 2011.
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
Shipment Volume of DTTB Receivers
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1000
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RecorderSTB-CableSTB
LCD TVPDP TVCRT TV
TV sets for mobile reception are not included the above graph.
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The Cumulative shipments of DTTB Receivers
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hipmen
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RecorderSTB-CableSTBLCD TVPDP TVCRT TV
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
Announcement of Terminating Analog Broadcasting
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
Cellular Phones for One-seg Broadcasting
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
PCs with DTTB Tuners
37”
32”17”One-seg
Tuner
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
DTTV Receivers for Car-Navigation Systems
One-seg /12seg
Tuners One-seg /12seg
Car-Navigation Systemswith DTTB tuner
One-seg /12seg
One-seg
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
DVD Players and Audio Players
Portable DVD/SD/CD Player with one-seg receiver
HDD Audio Playerwith one-seg receiver
127 hours programs recordable
DiBEGDigital Broadcasting Experts Group
PC with DTTB Tuner and Cellular Phone with One-seg Tuner
PC~Dec,2005 41ksetJan~Mar, 2006 34ksetApr~June, 2006 100kset
Cellular phone ~June, 2006 1,187ksetJuly, 2006 310kset
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TV Program /Data server Streaming / Communication server
Mobile operator• Streaming data• Information data
Network
Broadcaster• TV program• Information data
Link to Internet via Network To purchase displayed itemsTo get detail information, etc.
Data broadcastingWireless
Communication
Video
Data
Web Contents
1 Segment Reception and interactive service
Broadcasting Wireless Communication
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Broadcasting
Watching TVprogram on full
screen
Watching TV program and
reading data on TV
Watching TV program and
reading data on Internet
Viewing or reading Internet
Watch TV InternetReading data
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New services with One-segment DTTB
Reference: NHK documents
Service Model of One-segment DTTB
Communication
TV &Internet
Convergence
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● High- Definition programs
HDTV as thruster of digital TV
Pure HDTV: produced by HDTV 1080i format
NHK provides pure HDTV more than 90% of all programs.
Commercial Network stations provide pure HDTV more than 50% of all programs
Prime time : more than 60%
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