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.
NHK World
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NHK WORLD
NHK World logo.gif
Launched December 6, 2009
Owned by NHK
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Slogan Your Eye on Asia
Country Japan
Language English
Broadcast area 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 Latin America Brazil & Mexico Channel 111 (Brazil)
Channel 283 (Mexico)
Directv LatinAmerica Channel 782 (Pay Per View)
Eurobird 1 UK
(Sky & Freesat) Channel 516
(Sky)
Channel 209
(Freesat)
Optus D2 Australia (GlobeCast) 12546 V 22500-3/4
DD Direct+ India Channel 42
SES Astra Europe Channel 574 (Spain, Digital +)
Intelsat 10 3739 MHz H
Intelsat 9 4040 MHz H
Intelsat 8 4060 MHz H
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
Internet television
Live Webcast Watch (Free, English)
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, 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
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* 1 Television service of NHK World
o 1.1 NHK World TV
o 1.2 NHK World Premium
* 2 Radio Japan
o 2.1 RJ SW Relay Stations
o 2.2 Radio Japan historical output (1950–1996)
* 3 Internet service
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
[edit] Television service of NHK World
[edit] NHK World TV
NHK World TV started broadcast 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. Began as a news channel in February 2009 using the traditional NHK World logo in their own Digital On Screen Graphic. Previously, NHK World TV used the traditional "3 Eggs" logo of NHK. The NHK World Digital On-Screen Graphic in the news program, Ne