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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Black stripes harassing the working poor Shift to digital broadcast full of doubts
Analogue TV broadcast will stop in July 2011, when digital terrestrial broadcast starts. From July 5 this year, a black stripe with a message urging viewers to buy digital terrestrial broadcast TV set will appear on TV screens for viewers watching analogue broadcast. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is promoting digital terrestrial broadcast as a state policy, but its intention is not quite clear to us. There are also difficulties such as delay in the spread of reception equipments and eliminating hard to view areas. But there is no criticism to the shift in the mass media, because TV broadcasting companies are promoting the shift to digital broadcast. So the working poor people are the most unlucky. Why do they have to buy a new TV set; why there is no alternative; why do they have to watch harassing black stripes? This shift to digital broadcast is full of doubts.
See a cartoon by Ichihanahan
ワープアいじめの黒帯表示はじまる~疑問だらけの「地デジ」強制
来年7月の地上デジタル放送化を前に、7月5日からアナログ受信している人に対して、「地デジ」促進のための黒帯表示が始まる。テレビの上下に黒帯が入り、そこに「早く地デジにしろ」という趣旨のメッセージが入る。地デジ化は国策として総務省が推進しているが、その理由はいまひとつはっきりしない。また、難視聴地域対策や受信設備などのインフラ整備が間に合わないことなど、問題山積である。しかし、テレビ業界も推進しているため、メディアからの批判が出てこない。とにかく、一番困るのはワープア層。お金がないのに、なぜテレビを買い換えなくてはいけないのか。なぜ選択肢がないのか。なぜ黒帯の嫌がらせを受けなくてはならないのか。疑問だらけの「国策・地デジ化」である。(M) ・漫画(壱花花)
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