Japan
Media, Entertainment and Gaming
- Digital radio broadcast service is slated to be launched in Tokyo and Osaka in fiscal 2006, with private broadcasting stations offering a total of about 20 channels. The new broadcast network includes three channels that will offer advanced services, such as fee-based music distribution, about 10 channels sending simple videos and text data and five to ten channels offering the same programs as their analog versions. With a limited amount of bandwidth allocation to digital radio stations by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, five Tokyo-based broadcasters revealed their plan to work on the setting up of a joint venture...
