A Study of CATV Networks in Areas with Disadvantages
-Influenced by the Digitalization of Broadcasting and Broadband Penetration-
2013 Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 45-54
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2013 Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 45-54
Cable Television (CATV) is media that can provide telecommunications and broadcasting services. Since the 1990s, some prefectures supported the construction of CATV networks in their areas to bridge the digital-divide and to use as administrative intra-networks. In the 2000s, it became a problem to cope with digitalization of terrestrial TV broadcasting and to construct broadband networks especially in areas with disadvantages such as mountainous regions. To solve these problems, some other prefectures made support plans to construct CATV in those areas.This paper overviews cases to construct CATV networks in disadvantaged areas, and considers the purpose of CATV construction from the viewpoint of the ICT network and regional media.
