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Japan Sky Broadcasting, better known as JSkyB (JスカイB), was a Japanese satellite television operator created in 1996 by BSkyB and the Softbank Group. Before the start of operations, it was agreed on April 25, 1998, that JSkyB would merge with PerfecTV! on May 1, creating the SKY PerfecTV! service. After the merger, its headquarters in Aomi were used by SKY PerfecTV! as a transmitting center.
In June 1996, Rupert Murdoch, owner of the Sky service in the UK, announced his plans to launch a Sky-branded service in Japan, coinciding with the deregulation of the telecommunications market. The new service would start by June 1998 and would offer a 100-channel service, with most of the content being local.[1] On June 20, he announced his strategic partner, Softbank Group, led by Masayoshi Son. In addition to the planned launch of the service, the two also planned a takeover of a stake in TV Asahi.[2] On September 4, JSkyB announced that it would use the JCSAT-4 satellite.[3] Sky Entertainment Co., Ltd. was established the following day.[4]
The company was registered on December 17, 1996, with Murdoch and Masayoshi owning 50% each of the shares, with Murdoch as chairman and Masayoshi as president.[5] The service would be launched in two phases: a limited 12-channel service in fall 1997, followed by the full service in 1998. Murdoch stressed the importance of the Japanese market at the time based on two factors: large population and disposable income.[6]
Sony announced its intent to become a shareholder in January 1997.[7] In March, the two parties behind the service announced the sale of their TV Asahi share to the Asahi Shimbun publishing company.[8] Fuji Television joined the shareholder structure in May; The Walt Disney Company was also considering joining.[9]
In late August, JSkyB and PerfecTV! announced a tie-up operation where both operators would share the same infrastructure (dishes, receivers and integrated circuit cards).[10]
A merger agreement was finalized on February 3, 1998;[11] the following month, it was announced that the merged company would be operational effective May 1. The decision was taken to avoid excessive competition in the satellite market.[12] The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications approved the JSkyB channels on April 25, days before the merger came.[13]
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Japan Sky Broadcasting, better known as JSkyB (JスカイB), was a Japanese satellite television operator created in 1996 by BSkyB and the Softbank Group. Before the start of operations, it was agreed on April 25, 1998, that JSkyB would merge with PerfecTV! on May 1, creating the SKY PerfecTV! service. After the merger, its headquarters in Aomi were used by SKY PerfecTV! as a transmitting center.
Sky Group Limited, trading as Sky, is a British media and telecommunications conglomerate owned by American company Comcast and headquartered in London. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy. Sky is Europe's largest media company and pay-TV broadcaster by revenue (as of 2018), with 23 million subscribers and more than 31,000 employees as of 2019. The company is primarily involved in satellite television, producing and broadcasting. The current CEO is Dana Strong. Formed in 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB became the UK's largest pay television company. In 2014, after completing the acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland, the merged company changed its name to Sky plc. From its founding, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation held 39.14% of Sky Group, and in June 2010 they attempted to buy out the rest of Sky, but the bid was withdrawn in July 2011 following the News International phone hacking scandal that also led to News Corporation splitting into News Corporation and 21st Century Fox, the latter of which continued to hold News' stake in Sky. In December 2016, 21st Century Fox made a bid to acquire the remaining shares of Sky, pending government approval. After The Walt Disney Company announced that they were to acquire Fox, Comcast initially engaged in a bidding war, but dropped out to acquire Sky instead, outbidding Fox with an offer for £17.28 per share; Fox sold their stake in October 2018, followed by the remaining shareholders a month later. Following this, Comcast's film studios and US television businesses and other media assets are held by NBCUniversal, which is also under its control and was formed when Vivendi sold 80% of Universal Pictures to the now-defunct General Electric, NBC's then-owner. Before the acquisition by Comcast, Sky was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £18.75 billion (€26.76 billion) in 2018.
The SKY Perfect JSAT Group is a Japanese corporate group that claims to be Asia's largest satellite communication and multi-channel pay TV company. It owns the SKY PerfecTV! satellite broadcasting service and the SKY Perfect Well Think content studio, among other businesses. SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (株式会社スカパーJSATホールディングス, Kabushiki-gaisha Sukapā JSAT Holdings) (TYO: 9412) is the holding company for the group, and holds 100% of the shares of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (スカパーJSAT株式会社, Sukapā JSAT Kabushiki-gaisha), the group's main operating company.
Television in Japan was introduced in 1939. However, experiments date back to the 1920s, with Kenjiro Takayanagi's pioneering experiments in electronic television. Television broadcasting was halted by World War II, after which regular television broadcasting began in 1950. After Japan developed the first HDTV systems in the 1960s, MUSE/Hi-Vision was introduced in the 1970s. A modified version of the NTSC system for analog signals, called NTSC-J, was used for analog broadcast between 1950 and the early 2010s. Analog broadcasts in Japan was replaced with digital broadcasts using the ISDB standard. ISDB supersedes both the NTSC-J analog television system and the previously used MUSE Hi-vision analog HDTV system in Japan. Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) services using ISDB-T (ISDB-T International) started in Japan in December 2003, and since then, Japan adopted ISDB over other digital broadcasting standards. All Japanese households having at least one television set, or any device that is capable of receiving live television broadcasts, are mandated to hold a television license, with funds primarily used to subsidize NHK, the Japanese public service broadcaster. The fee varies from ¥12,276 to ¥21,765 (reduced to ¥10,778 to ¥20,267 for households residing in Okinawa Prefecture) depending on the method and timing of payment, and on whether one receives only terrestrial television or also satellite broadcasts. Households on welfare may be excused from the license fee. Notably, there is no legal authority to impose sanctions or fines in the event of non-payment; people may (and many do) throw away the bills and turn away the occasional bill collector, without consequence.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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