News Release
July 30, 2007 SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation
Expansion of SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI service area within the NTT East service area --All areas in Yokohama-shi and Kawasaki-shi to be served from August--
OptiCast Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Tatsuro Saitoh; “OptiCast”), a wholly owned secondary subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Masao Nito; “SKY Perfect JSAT”) today announced that OptiCast will expand the service area for the SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI multichannel broadcasting service that operates over radio frequency (RF) within the NTT East service. News Release
July 30, 2007 OptiCast Inc.
Expansion of SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI service area within the NTT East service area --All areas in Yokohama-shi and Kawasaki-shi to be served from August--
OptiCast Inc. (Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Tatsuro Saitoh), will expand the service area for the SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI multichannel broadcasting service that operates over radio frequency (RF) within the NTT East service area as outlined below. This follows the completion of the change in registration for the broadcasting business using wired service with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications pursuant to the Law Concerning Broadcast on Telecommunications Services. From August 2007, SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI service area will include all areas in Yokohama-shi and Kawasaki-shi in Kanagawa Prefecture. In particular, terrestrial digital broadcasts will become available via optical fiber networks to residents living in areas with poor reception for topographic reasons.
●Areas where service is scheduled to commence from August 2007: Tokyo Parts of Machida-shi Kanagawa Prefecture All areas in Yokohama-shi’s Asahi-ku, Izumi-ku, Kanazawa-ku, Sakae-ku and Seya-ku Parts of Yokohama-shi’s Isogo-ku, Kanagawa-ku, Konan-ku, Totsuka-ku, Naka-ku, Hodogaya-ku, Midori-ku and Minami-ku, Kawasaki-shi’s Asao-ku, Saiwai-ku and Nakahara-ku and Kamakura-shi
●Areas where service is scheduled to commence from September 2007: Tokyo All areas in Chuo-ku, Inagi-shi, Kiyose-shi, Tama-shi, Higashikurume-shi, Higashimurayama-shi, Higashiyamato-shi and Hino-shi Parts of Koto-ku, Shinagawa-ku, Shibuya-ku, Shinjuku-ku, Taito-ku, Chiyoda-ku, Bunkyo-ku, Minato-ku, Meguro-ku, Akishima-shi, Kokubunji-shi, Kodaira-shi, Tachikawa-shi, Nishitokyo-shi, Hachioji-shi, Hamura-shi, Fussa-shi, Machida-shi, Nishitama-gun’s Mizuho-machi, Musashino-shi and Musashimurayama-shi Saitama Prefecture All areas in Asaka-shi, Koshigaya-shi, Shiki-shi, Soka-shi, Toda-shi, Niiza-shi, Hatogaya-shi, Yashio-shi, Wako-shi and Warabi-shi Parts of Kasukabe-shi, Kawaguchi-shi and Fujimi-shi ●Areas where service is scheduled to commence from September 2007: Chiba Prefecture All areas in Chiba-shi’s Inage-ku, Chuo-ku, Hanamigawa-ku and Mihama-ku and Shiroi-shi Parts of Chiba-shi’s Midori-ku and Wakaba-ku, Ichikawa-shi, Ichihara-shi, Kamagaya-shi, Narashino-shi, Funabashi-shi, Yachiyo-shi and Yotsukaido-shi
* SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI service is a TV service offering an approximate total of 300 channels on terrestrial digital broadcasting, BS digital broadcasting and SKY PerfecTV! platforms using optical fiber networks. * SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI Home Type service subscribers also need to be signed up for NTT East’s B FLET’s Hyper Family Type. * The dates for commencement of service will be announced on SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI service website (http://www.opticast.jp/).
* Customer Inquiries: SKY PerfecTV! HIKARI Customer Center (General inquiries) TEL: 0570-013-999 (045-279-7777 from PHS and IP phones.) Open 10:00 am –8:00 pm (365 days a year).