Analog broadcasts scheduled to end July 2011 TOKYO -- Japan's communications ministry will spend 220 billion yen ($2.05 billion) smoothing the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting, it announced Thursday. Analog broadcasts are skedded to end on July 24, 2011. Among measures proposed is the distribution of cheap digital-to-analog tuners to households unable to afford digital sets. The ministry also plans to support the development of low-cost tuners. According to a recent ministry survey, only 43.7% of TV households own TVs able to receive DTT. The ministry also will underwrite the installation of reception towers so that households whose digital signals are blocked by buildings and other obstacles can receive them. It also unveiled measures to defend consumers against dealers who sell unreasonably expensive or...
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