Cable TV Program Broadcasting

In addition to re-send terrestrial TV broadcasting, there is also a cable TV company that broadcasts can be placed on a separate channel television program that was produced independently, also exchange of the program in the cable TV companies between different (more is described in below) has been carried out.

For CS broadcasting, there is a case to be sent as independent broadcasting rather than a re-send. Also unless you are sending in a pass-through system, the channel of the CS broadcasting, the channel number that is different from the channels that are actually broadcast SKY! (Formerly SKY! E2) · SKY! Premium service (formerly SKY!) (there is also a station that conforms and silicic Cat, the channel of the SKY! premium service) that you use often. Of the BS broadcasting have soared from October 2011, when re-deliver the program broadcast channel has been changed to the BS from the CS in the SKY!, By the broadcasting station, the convenience of the satellite to be used, the channel of the BS at there is also a channel that except for some even on the channel has a BS broadcast (SKY! that are classified as those which are broadcast directly, and those by CS re-distribution, have a CS delivery by SKY! premium service order).

Cable television station that retransmits the radio broadcast often. If VHF broadcast only (FM) is large, but also cable TV is transmitted is converted to VHF frequencies broadcast medium wave (AM). It is possible to listen only to connect to the tuner (FM tuner) cable.

In addition to these, there is also a cable TV that provides pay-per-view video-on-demand and (PPV) and (VOD).

In addition, free to implement WOWOW, SKY and Stars Channel! It is-SKY! Premium services (including those delivered as BS SKY!) (No scramble) broadcasting system configuration of the tuner in the station which is transmitted by the pass-through method other than there is a case that can not be viewed above. Therefore, there is a case to put the remark "There is a station that does not perform a free-to-air cable television" by the material.

Community channels (independent broadcasting)

As discussed above, that for the channel using the channel idle, and is sending local information for each service area. Degree of understanding and awareness of the residents was also low work to begin with, as one of the leading service, and residents around the cable TV of areas such as Yamanashi Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Miyazaki Prefecture, a major commercial television stations and wide area broadcast distance is less in recent years where it plays a major role for both side cable television company in many cases.

Regional information to be handled is broad, in addition to the basic content of the current administrative information topics and areas such as the (municipal public relations program, Congress relay), sports events at the local level and high school baseball prefectural qualifying (summer sports broadcasting in recent years · Where you are focusing on, etc.) events often.

Prefectures most remote control key ID is assigned to one terrestrial stations used and "11" that is not used by terrestrial stations is small. HDTV broadcasts are possible at the same time the independent broadcasting program, a maximum of two, and up to 6 in the standard image quality if multi-channel (10 and 11 in the case of the Kanto regional area) is assigned to a plurality of channels by the station and local it is possible to simulcast the independent broadcasting program of Tsu.

In order to enhance the production capacity of its own, where you can introduce your own car relay, to strengthen and renewed production site environment often in recent years.

I have to strengthen the cooperation of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation and (NHK) in recent years. In NHK, in addition to Dari looked up the cooperation of the local cable TV company in program production of NHK, is being or is appeared on the program of the NHK announcer from the local cable TV company, program cable television companies across the country was created in satellite broadcasting I have, such as broadcasting the contest.

In cable TV most, announcer positions are not treated as professional as a major broadcast station, and program (reporter, photographer), such as news gathering (from the producer, to work director, and camera) and program production it is treated as one element in all operations involved in the production. For this reason, there is no cable TV that recruit only announcer positions.

As also shown in above, in the voluntary program production department of cable television, that their own employees do until production technologies such as photographer from producer-director is often cable television with most but, J: there is a surplus to finance relatively such as COM where, where (including program cast) you are ordering outside producer-director other than many.

In Gifu Prefecture Gujo Hachiman-cho, current, first issue of independent broadcasting in Japan, ran until June 8, 1968 that Gujo Hachiman joint acousto-optic facilities Partnership is dissolved the union from September 2, 1963 Gujo Hachiman TV is (GHK-TV).