Thread:TheLuigi755/@comment-26344687-20170127222545/@comment-8459116-20170128101913

MXSaniel wrote: the assets of ABS DirectTV and make it a Japan Division of Silver Cable In fact, on second thought, that's what we should have done - sold it on to an interested buyer. We would love to sell it on to you!

Some guidelines on how to carry DirecTV's promise:

If you need an idea of what channels are offered on Japanese TV these days, refer to this, this and this.

The service was set to run via satellites. In my opinion, Japan doesn't really need cable.

The name is not spelt as "DirectTV" or "Direct TV". It is spelt as "DirecTV". The name will be written in English in all advertising materials. We had a Japanese counterpart name, but it was eliminated with the rest of the page. Sorry.

DirecTV was not going to air any "adult" channels or pay-per-view sports/movie services. It's your choice if you want to carry that promise or break it.

We were not going to bundle channels into tiny 2-3-4-channel packages like Sky PerfecTV or J:com, and instead work usingn a traditional tiered system similar to that of the UK's Sky satellite TV service. Terrestrial and BS channels should be offered in the basic package.

The original (planned) channel numbering is as follows. There won't be enough channels to fill up these allocations entirely, but there will be plenty of space for any other channels that start up over time.

This could have been Japan's largest satellite television broadcaster - but we couldn't run it because we wanted to focus entirely on free-to-air television. Kenji has confidence that you can turn it into a Sky PerfecTV killer.
 * 1 - Service Information
 * 2-10 - Main Tokyo-area networks. ABS channel 7 goes here.
 * 11-100 - Assorted local stations from across Japan. ABS is preparing to purge its network of "unnecessary" affiliates, so prepare for a lot of smaller-area ABS stations to go. KRB, SBS, HBS, TAB, CTS, CAT and STB all go here.
 * 101-120 - Free-to-air BS (Broadcast Satellite) stations. ABS Sat1 goes here.
 * 120-200 - Pay TV general entertainment channels
 * 201-250 - News and current affairs channels. Some are free, some are part of paid packages. ABS N24 goes here.
 * 250-300 - Sports
 * 301-330 - Movies
 * 350-400 - Music
 * 400-410 - 4K (UHD) services
 * 411-500 - International (foreign). General entertainment channels that air in languages other than Japanese/English are placed here. (Your very own Plata Spanish-language network could go here)
 * 501-600 - International (English). General entertainment channels that air in English and/or Japanese, but are not directly targeted at Japan.