is a Japanese broadcaster in the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

, Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 and North Africa

North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

. Launched in March 1990, broadcasting from London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, the channel has broadcast for two hours each night from 8pm (GMT) on the Lifestyle transponder 5 on the Astra 1A

Astra 1A

Astra 1A was the first satellite launched and operated by SES . During its early days, it was often referred to as the Astra Satellite, as SES only operated one satellite originally....

 satellite in analogue format (frequency 11.273 MHz, time-sharing with The Children's Channel

The Children's Channel

The Children's Channel, also known as TCC, was a television station in the United Kingdom, Benelux and Scandinavia, which was owned by Flextech . It began broadcasting on 1 September 1984, and was closed on 3 April 1998...

, Lifestyle and The Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox). On the 3rd of June it started using transponder 24 on Astra 1B

Astra 1B

Astra 1B was the second satellite launched and operated by Société Européenne des Satellites , now SES Astra. It was bought during its construction from GE Americom, and was launched to add extra capacity to the satellite television services from 19.2° east, serving Germany, the UK and Republic of...

, at frequency 11.567 MHz for 11 hours a day, using the Videocrypt II

VideoCrypt

VideoCrypt is a cryptographic, smartcard-based conditional access television encryption system that scrambles analogue pay-TV signals. It was introduced in 1989 by News Datacom and was used initially by Sky TV and subsequently by several other broadcasters on the SES Astra satellites at 19.2°...

 encryption (time-sharing with The Children's Channel and later with CMT

CMT

- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...

 Europe). It eventually moved to transponder 53 (frequency 10.773) to broadcast 24 hours a day. Analogue transmissions for JSTV on Astra ceased on the 31st of October 2001. The channel currently broadcasts in DVB-S

DVB-S

DVB-S is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Satellite; it is the original Digital Video Broadcasting forward error coding and demodulation standard for satellite television and dates from 1994, in its first release, while development lasted from 1993 to 1997...

 on Hot Bird

Hot Bird

Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 6, encrypted in Cryptoworks

Cryptoworks

Cryptoworks is a DVB conditional access system, developed by Philips CryptoTec but now belonging to Irdeto.Cryptoworks is used by Digiturk, the BFBS satellite service, UPC Direct, ITV Partner the ORF, JSTV, and other pay TV or free-to-view systems; mainly in Europe...

 (except some programmes) and broadcasts programs of NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

, Fuji TV, TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

 and other main Japanese broadcasters. News programs are mostly direct and Live from the original broadcaster, however several other programs such as Anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 and Variety shows are not up to date. In July of 2011 JSTV made its customers aware of an up and coming change to the encryption from Cryptoworks

Cryptoworks

Cryptoworks is a DVB conditional access system, developed by Philips CryptoTec but now belonging to Irdeto.Cryptoworks is used by Digiturk, the BFBS satellite service, UPC Direct, ITV Partner the ORF, JSTV, and other pay TV or free-to-view systems; mainly in Europe...

 to Conax

Conax

Conax is a global technology company that provides conditional access solutions for digital television. Based in Oslo, Norway, Conax has subsidiaries in the USA, India and Germany and sales & support offices in Russia, Singapore, China, South Korea, Brazil, and Canada.- Overview :Between 1986 and...

, the schedule of the swich over has not been made public. Not all programs are encrypted, "BS News", "News 7" and some English programs broadcast free-to-air

Free-to-air

Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...

.
JSTV consists of two channels: JSTV1 which broadcasts TV programmes, and JSTV2 which broadcasts part time TV programmes and 24hour Japanese radio.

Stockholders

• NHK
  NHK
  NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
  
   Enterprise, Inc.
• Marubeni
  Marubeni
  is a Japanese trading company, one of the largest general trading companies in Japan.-Offices:*Head Office - 4-2, Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan*Head Office -20-6, Shiba 5-chome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan...
  
   Corporation Plc
• Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
• All Nippon Airways
  All Nippon Airways
  , also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...
  
  , Co. Ltd
• Mitsukoshi
  Mitsukoshi
  is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Mitsukoshi Ltd. has amalgamated with Isetan Co.,Ltd ,and changed company name to Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd.- History :...
  
   UK, Ltd.
• NHK
  NHK
  NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
  
   Global Media Services, Inc.

Encryption & Availability

• Satellite

DVB-S

DVB-S

DVB-S is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Satellite; it is the original Digital Video Broadcasting forward error coding and demodulation standard for satellite television and dates from 1994, in its first release, while development lasted from 1993 to 1997...

 MPEG 2: Hot Bird

Hot Bird

Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 6 (12597 MHz, Vertical, 3/4, VPID 2000, APID 2002/2001) Encrypted (Cryptoworks

Cryptoworks

Cryptoworks is a DVB conditional access system, developed by Philips CryptoTec but now belonging to Irdeto.Cryptoworks is used by Digiturk, the BFBS satellite service, UPC Direct, ITV Partner the ORF, JSTV, and other pay TV or free-to-view systems; mainly in Europe...

).

Analogue: ASTRA [Closed down on 31 October 2001]

• Hotels

Currently, JSTV broadcasts in several hotels in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and the Middle East, Complete list available on the official web site of JSTV and NHK's English page "Overseas hotels carrying NHK"

Channels

JSTV 1: TV programmes

JSTV 2: Radio programmes (NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 World Radio Japan) and JSTV 1 TV Schedule on screen.
(Since 31st of March 2008 JSTV 2 broadcast TV programmes from 1700 UK time to 2200 UK time 7 days a week, and from the 1st April 2009 now broadcasts TV Programmes from 0500 to 1000 and then 1500 to 2200 UK time)

Programmes

English Programme

• J-MELO
• News Today
• News Today Asia
• Weekend Japanology

News

• NHK/BS NEWS
• Good Morning, Japan
• Sunday Sports News
• FNN News SPEAK
• NHK Newswatch 9
• Today's Close-up

Dual language News (Japanese & English)

• NHK News 7
• NHK Newswatch 9
• BEGIN Japanology

Variety

• Studio Park kara Konnichiha (スタジオパークからこんにちは) NHK
  NHK
  NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
  
  
• TAKESHI Art Beat (たけしのアート・ビート) NHK
  NHK
  NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
  
  
• Mirror of Ethica(エチカの鏡) Fuji TV
• Sarari-man NEO (サラリーマンNEO) NHK
  NHK
  NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
  
  
• Inakani Tomarou!(田舎に泊まろ！) TV TOKYO
  TV Tokyo
  is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...
  
  
• Mecha 2 Iketeru~! めちゃ２イケてるッ！ Fuji TV
• NEP LEAGUE Fuji TV

Anime

• One Piece
  One Piece
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
  
  
• keroro
• Chibi Maruko-chan
  Chibi Maruko-chan
  is a shōjo manga series by Momoko Sakura, later adapted into an anime TV series by Nippon Animation, which originally aired on Fuji Television from January 7, 1990 to September 27, 1992. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of a little girl nicknamed Maruko and her family in suburban...
  
  
• Yattah Man
• Gegegeno Kitaro

Kids

• Grand Whiz-Kids TV (大！天才てれびくん)
• Okaasan to Issho -With Mother- (おかあさんといっしょ)
• Inai Inai Baa! (いないいないばあ)
• Nihongo de Asobou
• Tsukette Waku Waku

Complete programme list available at here (Japanese)

Related Channels

NHK World Premium

NHK World Premium Australia