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# Japanese DSB Update
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/japanese-dsb-update/
- Published: 1998-03-27T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-31T10:38:20.000Z
- Description: The Japanese digital satellite broadcasting (DSB) systems JSkyB and PerfecTV have agreed to an equal-footing merger into a new…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: SEEDS, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

The Japanese digital satellite broadcasting (DSB) systems JSkyB and PerfecTV have agreed to an equal-footing merger into a new DSB service, SkyPerfect TV, that would start service on 1 May 1998\. The five main shareholders with a 11.4% stake each are the US media giant News Corp. and Japan's Fuji TV Network, Itochu, Softbank and Sony.  
  
It would rival DirecTV Japan (DTVJ), a DSB service led by America's Hughes Communications. Further competitors would include Toei Channel, a DSB service which is expected to go on air in July 1998, and a new service to be launched in the year 2000 by Japan's national broadcaster NHK. Source: ISTrend