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Terrestrial digital TV may not cover 600,000 homes

Terrestrial digital broadcasting may leave 600,000 households in sparsely populated areas staring at static when the new TV service replaces analog broadcasting in July 2011, government officials... Read more . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Sep 14 2007

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