JSTV

Japan Satellite TV (in short: JSTV ) is an international TV channels from Japan, which is similar to the German Welle TV and TV5 Monde addressed an international audience. JSTV contains news and cultural programs as well as Japanese films and programs and to receive encrypted via satellite. Many hotels and public institutions spoke on the transmitter for free, for the reception in cable networks is an additional subscription for 50 euros per month available.

Started is JSTV in Europe in March 1990 analog and unencrypted on Astra 1A. Here JSTV sent in the timeshare with the pan-European lifestyle entertainment channel and the British The Children 's Channel. The common transponder was used by JSTV daily from 21:00 bis 23:00 clock CET.

As of May 3, 1991 JSTV moved to the satellite Astra 1B and extended its broadcasting time significantly. Was now sent daily from 20:00 bis 07:00 clock, though the bigger parts of the program were broadcast in encrypted Videocrypt. A lot of the items were taken directly from the Japanese broadcaster NHK. In the no-transmit time broadcast on the Astra 1B transponder beginning The Children 's Channel, from 1994 CMT Country Music Television, from 1997, the BSkyB channel Sky Soap, The History Channel UK and The SciFi Channel UK. 2001 analog broadcast of JSTV was terminated in this way.