Online Japanese TV Free Trial

drainer@mpinet.net drainer
Wed Apr 30 14:37:09 EDT 2008


Thanks Lori, this is exactly what I've been looking for! There were ways to 
get this before, but none of them were legal :)

Price seems a little steep but it's a lot better than Dish Network's TV 
Japan for $25 a month.

Anyone else trying it out?




da


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lori Morimoto" <lohitchc at indiana.edu>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: Online Japanese TV Free Trial


> "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 





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