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Encyclopedia > BBC Japan
BBC Japan
Type Satellite
Availability Japan
Founder BBC Worldwide
Owner BBC
Launch date December 1, 2004

BBC Japan was a television channel from the BBC available via satellite in Japan. Similar in format to BBC Prime, which now broadcasts a service in other Asian countries, BBC Japan showed such BBC programmes as Blackadder and Fawlty Towers, with many of them subtitled in Japanese. Image File history File links BBC_Japan_Box_Ident. ... Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... The old BBC Prime logo used until 1997 BBC Prime is the BBCs general entertainment TV channel in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... For other uses, see Blackadder (disambiguation). ... Fawlty Towers was a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. ... A French movie, Le Garçon sauvage, with German subtitles Production of teletext subtitles For other uses, see Subtitle. ...


The channel launched on December 1, 2004 and was available over Sky PerfecTV! 110 and 4th MEDIA. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SKY Perfect Communications Inc. ...


Closure

On 20 March 2006, the BBC announced that its distributor JMC "no longer has the financial means to honour its contractual commitments to distribute the BBC Japan channel". On 24 April 2006, the BBC confirmed that BBC Japan would cease broadcasting on 30 April 2006, but would be seeking carriage for a replacement channel in Japan. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...




External links

  • BBC announcement concerning possible closure on 30th April 2006

  Results from FactBites:
 
BBC Prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (692 words)
BBC Prime is broadcast alongside BBC One and Two in the Netherlands, which have long been available on cable television, together with BBC World.
The BBC argues that most of BBC Prime's viewers are not British, and often may not have English as a first language, hence the availability of subtitles in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Italian, Hebrew and Serbian.
BBC Prime's Asian service is available in Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, and South Korea, but will become available on cable and satellite services in other countries in the region, including the Philippines and Taiwan.
BBC Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (169 words)
BBC Japan was a television channel from the BBC available via satellite in Japan.
On 20 March 2006, the BBC announced that its distributor JMC "no longer has the financial means to honour its contractual commitments to distribute the BBC Japan channel".
On 24 April 2006, the BBC confirmed that BBC Japan would cease broadcasting on 30 April 2006, but would be seeking carriage for a replacement channel in Japan.
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