日本总务省官员2月8日表示,日本政府计划在十年内实现电视节目完全数字化。该官员表示,从今年夏天开始,日本所有电视台必须在十年内全部更新自己的设备,以使日本电视节目从目前的模拟信号变成数字信号传播。该官员进一步表示,到2006年,日本境内的全部电视台都必须开始播发数字信号节目。 Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications officials said on February 8 that the Japanese government plans to fully digitize television programs within a decade. The official said that starting from this summer, all Japanese television stations must fully refurbish their equipment within a decade to convert the Japanese television program from the current analogue signal to a digital signal. The official further said that by 2006, all television stations in Japan must start broadcasting digital signal programs.