Explanation of Terms (Items Related To Information and Communication Technology (ICT))

Total households

  Combination of two-or-more persons households and one-person households

Status of viewing of terrestrial digital broadcasts and BS broadcasts

  People must shift from terrestrial analogue broadcasts to terrestrial digital broadcasts by July 24,2011.Now data are provided for understanding the status of viewing of terrestrial digital broadcasts and how people respond to the shift in households.At the same time,BS analogue broadcasts are also planned to shift to BS digital broadcasts by July 24,2011.So the data are provided also for grasping the status of viewing of BS digital broadcasts and how people respond to the shift in households.

Ownership of equipments with the function of viewing terrestrial digital broadcasts

Video recorder(with built-in terrestrial digital broadcast tuner)

  DVD recorder,Blu-ray Disc recorder,hard disc recorder and so on

Personal computer (with built-in terrestrial digital broadcast tuner) or terrestrial digital broadcast tuner for personal computer

  The case of viewing terrestrial digital broadcasts by personal computer (with built-in terrestrial digital broadcast tuner) or terrestrial digital broadcast tuner for personal computer

  Exclude terrestrial digital broadcast tuner only for One seg

Set-top-box for cable TV

  The appliances you use when you have the contract with CATV company.Usually CATV company installs them

Others

  Items not covered by the above descriptions,such as appliances with the function of viewing terrestrial digital broadcasts through Internet connection service