Online Japanese TV Free Trial

[Lori Morimoto]

"J-Network Service <http://us.jnet.ne.jp/>" currently is offering a 
five-day free trial of their online Japanese TV broadcast service.  You 
can only watch through Microsoft Internet Explorer, but there's an 
option for those of us who aren't using Japanese OSs to register without 
the mojibake problem (you get connected to an online registration form, 
instead of downloading a form to send).

For 3,600 yen/month, you get access to either the five Tokyo commercial 
stations (Nihon TV, TBS, Fuji TV, TV Asahi, and TV Tokyo) or the five 
Osaka commercial stations (MBS, Yomiuri, ABC TV, Kansai TV, and TV 
Osaka).  You can have access to all ten for an additional 1,400 
yen/month.  They also offer premium access for 1,000 yen/month each to 
Sun TV, Wowow, NHK BS 1&2, Eisei Gekijo, Animax, and NHK Sogo 1&2.  
Needless to say, Eisei Gekijo and Animax might be of particular interest 
to Kinejapan members.

J-net apparently is available in the US, Canada, Vietnam, Malaysia, 
Singapore, the Philippines, Australia,  Indonesia, New Zealand,  Mexico, 
and South Korea.

I've got it on right now - the picture is quite good.  If you're a 
paying member, you can apparently also record programs; they have 
several available to look at, but you can't record as a trial member.

FYI. - Lori Morimoto