Online Japanese TV Free Trial

[Mark Nornes]

What about those of us on Mac, which MS no longer supports?

Markus

(Sent from my iPod, so please excuse the brevity and mistakes.)

On Apr 30, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Lori Morimoto <lohitchc at indiana.edu> wrote:

> "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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