News Release
August 3, 2011
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation
Further increase in the number of HD channels of SKY PerfecTV! HD - over 120 channels in October 2012 -
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer: Shinji Takada; hereinafter referred to as “SKY Perfect JSAT”) will start 34 new HD channels in October 2012, in the HD multichannel service “SKY PerfecTV! HD.”
Through this increase of channels, SKY PerfecTV! HD, which started with 15 channels in October 2008, will become the Japan’s largest HD broadcasting service offering over 120 channels.
In addition, SKY PerfecTV! HD will improve the picture quality of the conventional standard broadcasts, and over 50 channels will be aired with the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 method.
Then, we will develop a system for airing all of over 170 channels, including the 120 HD channels, with high picture quality.
SKY Perfect JSAT will keep providing a variety of high quality contents inside and outside Japan, through “SKY PerfecTV! HD.”
[HD channels to be started in October 2012] ＜ Movie＞ ＜Leisure＞
FOXMOVIES, V☆PARADISE ActOnTV,
Food & Travel FoodiesTV, IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL,
＜Sports＞ Pachinko★PachisloTV!,
THE GOLF CHANNEL, SITE SEVEN TV
FIGHTING TV SAMURAI ＜Races＞
＜Music＞ LEISURE CHANNEL(2ch)
MUSIC AIR、 SPEED CHANNEL(2ch)
CLASSICA JAPAN
＜Adult＞
＜Foreign Drama＞ MANZOX Ch.
DATV, FashionTV
＜PPV(Pay Per View)＞
＜Entertainment＞ Sukachan(2ch), Perfect Choice（2ch）,
Nitteleplus （ ） POWER PLAT’S 2ch
＜ Animation＞ ＜ ＞ Promo Channel Disney XD SKY PerfecTV!PROMO
＜ Documentary＞ ＜ ＞ New Channel Animal Planet Tv asahi channel GOLD, NAT GEO WILD
＜ News/Business/Economy＞
NIKKEI CNBC、BBC World News CNNj, ASAHI NEWSTAR
[Standard-definition channels to be aired with the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 method from Oct. 2012]
＜Movie＞ ＜Leisure＞
Better Life Channel, VICTORY CHANNEL, EXCITING GRANDPRIX LIVE245 (OOMURA＆WAKAMATSU), TETSUDO CHANNEL
＜Sports＞ EX SPORTS ＜Shopping＞ Select Shopping Ch.217, SHOP CHANNEL, ＜Music ＞ MALL OF TV, QVC, 240Style, GRAFFITI TV/keiba JAPANET CHANNEL DELUXE, Jewelry Gem ShoppingTV
＜Japanese Drama＞ Theater Television, ＜Races＞ EX ENTERTAINMENT, ent!371 LEISURE CHANNEL (5ch) SPEED CHANNEL (4ch) ＜News/Business/Economy ＞ ＜Adult＞ NTVNEWS24, BUSINESS BREAKTHROUGH Flamingo 903, Channel Ruby, Splash, Zaptv, kmp channel, AV KING ＜Education/Qualifications＞ Pink Cherry (Cherry Bomb）, InstrucTV Yellow Cherry (Cherry Bomb)
＜Foreign Language Broadcasting＞ ＜PPV(Pay Per View)＞ RECORD INTERNATIONAL, Sukachan/ South Kanto horse racing channel, TV Globo Internacional, Perfect Choice（5ch）, POWER PLATS（1ch） Australia Network,CCTV DAIFU, V-theater 135 PHOENIX TV, THE FILIPINO CHANNEL
*The official channel titles of the above contents are to be determined. *The scheduled date of the start of broadcasting may be changed