As of end 2009, the broadcast sector comprised 306 television (TV) stations, 905 cable television (CATV) operators, 386 AM stations, 676 FM stations, and 5 direct-to-user (DTU) satellite providers.
At present, the transition from the traditional analogue to digital television broadcasting is already progressing in many developed nations, or is otherwise being carefully studied in many other countries all over the world. To facilitate growth in the broadcast sector, the country is planning and preparing for the entry of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting. In 2010, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) released Memorandum Circular No. 02-06-2010 that issued the adoption of the Japanese digital broadcast standard called Integrated Services Digital Broadcast - Terrestrial (ISDB-T) for the country's impending migration to DTT broadcasting.