JSTV

JSTV

Industry	Satellite broadcasting
Headquarters	65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE, United Kingdom
Area served	Europe and Middle East
Owner(s)	NHK Cosmomedia (Europe) Limited
Website	www.jstv.co.uk

Japan Satellite Television (日本語衛星放送, ジャパンサテライトテレビ, Nihongo Eisei Hōsō, ) is a Japanese broadcaster in the Middle East, Europe, Russia and North Africa. Launched in March 1990 and broadcasting from London, the channel initially broadcast for two hours each night from 8pm (GMT) on the Lifestyle transponder 5 on the Astra 1A satellite in analogue format (frequency 11.273 MHz, time-sharing with The Children's Channel, Lifestyle and The Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox). Later on 3 June 1990, it started using transponder 24 on Astra 1B, at frequency 11.567 MHz for 11 hours a day, using the Videocrypt II encryption (time-sharing with The Children's Channel and later with CMT Europe). It eventually moved to transponder 53 (frequency 10.773) to broadcast 24 hours a day. Analogue transmissions for JSTV on Astra ceased on the 31st of October 2001.

The channel currently broadcasts in DVB-S on Hot Bird 6, encrypted in Cryptoworks and Conax (except some programmes) and broadcasts programs of NHK, Fuji TV, TV Tokyo and other main Japanese broadcasters. News programs are mostly direct and Live from the original broadcaster, however several other programs such as Anime and Variety shows are not up to date.

Not all programs are encrypted; "BS News", "News 7" and some English programs are broadcast free-to-air.

JSTV consists of two channels: JSTV1 which broadcasts TV programmes, and JSTV2 which broadcasts part-time TV programmes and 24-hour Japanese radio.

In July 2011 JSTV made its customers aware of an up-and-coming change to the encryption from Cryptoworks to Conax; the schedule of the switch over has not been made public.

Stockholders

• NHK Enterprise, Inc.
• Marubeni Corporation Plc
• Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
• All Nippon Airways, Co. Ltd
• Mitsukoshi UK, Ltd.
• NHK Global Media Services, Inc.

Encryption & Availability

• Satellite

DVB-S MPEG 2: Hot Bird 6 (12597 MHz, Vertical, 3/4, VPID 2000, APID 2002/2001) Encrypted (Cryptoworks and Conax). Cryptoworks broadcasting will be discontinued at the end of 2012.

Analogue: ASTRA [Closed down on 31 October 2001]

• Hotels

Currently, JSTV broadcasts in several hotels in Europe and the Middle East, Complete list available on the official web site of JSTV and NHK's English page "Overseas hotels carrying NHK"

• JSTV-i

JSTV is available through "JSTV-i" to European consumers via Western Digital's WD TV LIVE STB. More information is available on the official JSTV-i web site.

Channels

JSTV 1: TV programmes

JSTV 2: Radio programmes (NHK World Radio Japan) and JSTV 1 TV Schedule on screen.
(Since 31 March 2008 JSTV 2 broadcast TV programmes from 1700 UK time to 2200 UK time 7 days a week, and from the 1st April 2009 now broadcasts TV Programmes from 0500 to 1000 and then 1500 to 2200 UK time)

Programmes

English Programme

• J-MELO
• News Today
• News Today Asia
• Weekend Japanology

News

• NHK/BS NEWS
• Good Morning, Japan
• Sunday Sports News
• FNN News SPEAK
• NHK Newswatch 9
• Today's Close-up

Dual language News (Japanese & English)

• NHK News 7
• NHK Newswatch 9
• BEGIN Japanology

Variety

• Studio Park kara Konnichiha (スタジオパークからこんにちは) NHK
• TAKESHI Art Beat (たけしのアート・ビート) NHK
• Mirror of Ethica(エチカの鏡) Fuji TV
• Sarari-man NEO (サラリーマンNEO) NHK
• Inakani Tomarou!(田舎に泊まろ！) TV Tokyo
• Mecha 2 Iketeru~! めちゃ２イケてるッ！ Fuji TV
• NEP LEAGUE Fuji TV

Anime

• One Piece
• Keroro
• Chibi Maruko-chan
• Yatterman
• Gegege no Kitaro

Kids

• Grand Whiz-Kids TV (大！天才てれびくん)
• Okaasan to Issho -With Mother- (おかあさんといっしょ)
• Inai Inai Baa! (いないいないばあ)
• Nihongo de Asobou
• Tsukette Waku Waku

Complete programme list available at here (Japanese)

Related Channels

• NHK World Premium
• NHK World Premium Australia

External links

• Official website