Online Japanese TV Free Trial

Mark Nornes amnornes at umich.edu
Thu May 1 02:05:20 EDT 2008


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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