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Television in Japan

Peter Payne by Peter Payne
12 years ago
in Your Friend in Japan

Whenever I’m back in the U.S. I’m amazed at the huge number of channels available to cable TV viewers. While I guess it’s cool to have 140 channels of content available 24 hours a day, in practice only a few of them are worth my time, especially as there’s usually something more interesting happening on the Internet. TV in Japan is a simpler affair, with five main “civilian” (privately operated) networks plus NHK, Japan’s clone of the BBC, along with a scattering of local broadcasters in larger cities and a few more options for people with BS (“broadcast satellite”) dishes. Cable TV is a lot less popular in Japan than in the U.S., with only a small percent of 60 million households that get cable in the States. One downside to having fewer channels is less opportunity for saihoso, or re-runs of older shows. Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I watched dozens of old shows in syndication, from the original Star Trek to Flipper to I Love Lucy, and it was cool to have a shared link with my parents’ generation through classic TV. Unfortunately, re-runs of old television are comparatively rarer in Japan, so there’s less chance for kids to experience the same shows their parents loved.

I wonder what Ranma and Akane are watching.

Tags: Animekids

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