Table 1: Changes in Number of TV Reception Contracts with NHK, 1954–1982

Year		No. of contracts at end			Percentage of TV ownership (%)**
		of TV year* (in 000s)
1954		53			0.3
1955		166			0.9
1956		419			2.3
1957		909			5.1
1958		1,982			11.0
1959		4,149			23.1
1960		6,860			33.2
1961		10,222			49.5
1962		13,379			64.8
1963		15,663			75.9
1964		17,132			83.0
1965		18,224			75.6
1966		19,247			79.8
1967		20,270			84.2
1968		21,221			88.1
1969		22,088			91.7
1970		22,819			94.8
1971		23,520			84.4
1972		24,433			87.0
1973		24,925			88.7
1974		25,753			91.7
1975		26,545			82.6
1976		27,059			84.2
1977		27,773			86.4
1978		28,394			88.3
1979		28,932			90.0
1980		29,263			81.3
1981		29,789			82.7
1982		30,403			84.4

Notes:

* 1954–1961: number of TV licences (i.e. licences issued specifcally for reception of TV

broadcasts).

1962–1967: number of Type A licences (which included reception of TV broadcasts).

After 1968: the sum of ordinary licences (which exclude colour TV reception) and colour TV

licences.

** While acknowledging the considerable diffculty of ascertaining rates of TV ownership, these

calculations have been based on the total number of households appearing in national censuses

since 1950.