Government cable guys will busting into your home...digital terrestrial television broadcasting begins in the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya metropolitan areas in December, the government has started shifting some analog programming to different frequencies.
The ministry plans... to change channel reception settings at 4.26 million households nationwide. The ministry has entrusted [this] task to private entities [[meaning: government cable guys will be getting into your home]], which from Sunday began visiting households in four areas: Tokyo's Ome; Ise, Mie Prefecture; Gifu and its outskirts; and Ikoma, Nara Prefecture.
According to the ministry, about 2.11 million households in metropolitan Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya need their televisions adjusted....
In a related move, the ministry has warned that householders may be targeted by fraudster technicians charging fees to adjust televisions.
---(IHT/Asahi: February 11, 2003)An Alt NSFW Cable Guy here.
