Digital satellite broadcasting services start in December 2000. Digital satellite broadcasting enables broadcasters to provide high-definition television (HDTV) service with advanced audio coding (AAC) digital surround sound or multicasting of three standard-definition television (SDTV) programs, as well as data-casting.This paper gives an overview of the development of digital satellite broadcasting services, and also introduces digital terrestrial broadcasting which will be launched in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka from 2003.
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