‘’Japanese industry has to survive in this severe environment ‘’ he added. Private broadcasters are reportedly cautious about the huge investment required to film and broadcast 4K-quality programmers. But staging Japanese electronics makers are pinning their hopes no sales of 4K televisions as tough overseas compete-tion and razor-thin margins in the lower end of the business dent their finances. Last month sony president kazoo Hirai pointed to stronger sales of its 4K ultra high-resolution TVs, which tend to have better profit margins than lower-end models ,aas a way to rescue its loss-making television unit.AFP