The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications held the first meeting of a working group to consider the role of public broadcasting in the Internet age and the positioning of NHK's Internet utilization business, and confirmed a policy to compile concrete measures by June next year.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has set up a "Public Broadcasting Working Group" was established, and the first meeting was held on the 21st.
In this, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Terada said, "Amidst the drastic changes in the environment surrounding broadcasting, there is an urgent need to consider how NHK can continue to fulfill its role of providing ``basic information about society'' to the public and viewers. there is," he said.
After that, he said, "In order to streamline management, I would like you to specifically consider how NHK's Internet utilization business should be while steadily advancing the 'three-in-one reform' that simultaneously reviews operations, receiving fees, and governance. And I would like you to present the way of 'new public broadcasting'."
The working group
will discuss
the role of public broadcasting in the age of
the Internet, the positioning of NHK's Internet utilization work and its financial resources, and the state of the receiving fee system in the age of the Internet
. We have confirmed the policy to compile specific measures.