NHK World

NHK World
Launched December 6, 2009
Owned by NHK
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Slogan Your Eye on Asia
Country Japan
Language English
Broadcast area worldwide except Japan
Website http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld
Availability
Terrestrial
District of Columbia
(MHz Networks)		 Channel 30.2
Los Angeles
(KSCI)		 Channel 18.2
Philadelphia
(WYBE)		 Channel 35.2
Satellite
Astro Malaysia Channel 398
Indovision Indonesia Channel 354
TrueVisions Thailand Channel 76
G Sat Philippines Channel 32
SKY México Mexico Channel 283 (Mexico)
Directv LatinAmerica Channel 782 (Pay Per View)
GVT Brazil Channel 140
Eurobird 1 UK
(Sky & Freesat)		 Channel 507 (HD) (Sky)
Channel 209 (HD) (Freesat)
Optus D2 Australia and New Zealand (GlobeCast) 12546 V 22500 3/4
DD Direct+ India Channel 42
Astra Europe Channel 574 (Spain, Digital +)
Intelsat 10 3739 MHz H
Intelsat 9 4040 MHz H
Intelsat 8 4060 MHz H
DishHD Channel 130
Sky Brasil Channel 114
Cable
SkyCable Philippines Channel 78
Parasat Cable TV Philippines Channel 109
StarHub TV Singapore Channel 147 & 148
TrueVisions Thailand Channel 76
First Media Indonesia Channel 257
Global Destiny Cable Philippines Channel 72 & 73
Time Warner Cable Hawaii, USA Channel 682 & 1682 (HD)
Skylife Korea Channel 97 (HD)
Minneapolis Public Schools Minneapolis, MN Channel 78
Cable TV Hong Kong Channel 154
IPTV
Now TV Hong Kong Channel 710
Internet television
Live Webcast Official

NHK World is the international broadcasting service of NHK (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai - Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan's public broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, France 24 and Russia Today, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world.

NHK World provides three services: NHK World Radio Japan, NHK World TV, and NHK World Premium. NHK World also makes most of its programming available through an online version of the television channel.

Contents

Television Japan

NHK World Television

NHK World Television started broadcasting in 1995 as a service for Japanese expatriates in other parts of the world. NHK's news and information channel broadcasts internationally via satellite and cable TV. Programming is broadcast in English. It began as a news channel in February 2009 using the traditional NHK World logo in their own digital on-screen graphic (DOG). Previously, NHK World TV used the traditional "3 Eggs" logo of NHK. The NHK World DOG in the news program, Newsline, is on the bottom left corner of the television screen. In other programming, the DOG is moved to the top left corner of the television screen. Some of the shows are produced by production studio JIB TV which is 60% owned by NHK with the remaining 40% owned by private investors like Microsoft and Japanese bank Mizuho.

NHK World Premium

NHK World Premium Television broadcasts a mixture of news, sports and entertainment in Japanese worldwide via satellite as a subscription service. In Europe this service is broadcast under the name JSTV and in the USA it is known as TV Japan. The programmes don't carry English subtitles.

Radio Japan

NHK World Radio Japan (RJ) broadcasts news, information, and entertainment programs focusing on Japan and Asia, for a daily total of 65 hours of broadcasts. Radio Japan provides two services:

Both services are available on shortwave (SW) as well as online.

RJ SW Relay Stations

RJ runs a domestic SW relay station

RJ also leases or owns several external relay stations

Radio Japan historical output (1950–1996)

For a comparison of Radio Japan to other broadcasters see the following:

Internet service

NHK World programs and contents are available online:

Please note that only a limited number of programs are available online for free.[1]

See also

References

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External links

Members of the World Radio Network
1 The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association has dozens of members within it