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SKY Perfect JSAT
Japanese satellite operator and satellite TV company

The SKY Perfect JSAT Group is Japan's leading satellite communication and multi-channel pay TV company in Asia, operating the SKY PerfecTV! satellite broadcasting service and the SKY Perfect Well Think content studio. The group's holding company, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO: 9412), owns 100% of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, the main operating company. As a holding company, it oversees the entire group's satellite communication and broadcasting operations, solidifying its position as a major player in Asia's media and communications industry.

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History

JSAT

Main article: JSAT Corporation

The space and satellite business of the group dates to 1985, when its three predecessor companies were formed: Japan Communications Satellite Company (JCSC), Space Communications Corporation (SCC) and Satellite Japan Corporation (SJC). JCSAT-1, Japan's first private-sector communications satellite, was launched in 1989. JCSC and SJC merged in 1993, becoming Japan Satellite Systems, which changed its name to JSAT Corporation in 2000. JSAT was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the same year. SCC was acquired by the Sky Perfect JSAT Group in 2008.2345

Sky PerfecTV

The pay TV business of the group dates to 1994, when Japan Digital Broadcast Service was founded (under the temporary name "DMC Planning"). It began the PerfecTV! pay TV service in 1996. Japan Sky Broadcasting ("JSkyB") was founded in 1996 and merged with JDBS in 1998. In 2000 it acquired the Japan business of DirecTV.6

Merger

JSAT and SKY Perfect transferred their stock to a joint holding company, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, on April 2, 2007. SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation changed its name to SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. on June 27, 2008. The SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation name was re-adopted by JSAT Corporation, SKY Perfect Communications and Space Communications Corporation when they merged on October 1, 2008.78910

Satellite fleet

Main article: JSAT (satellite constellation)

The JSAT constellation is a communication and broadcasting satellite constellation currently operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group. It has become the most important commercial constellation in Japan, and the fifth of the world. It has practically amalgamated all private satellite operators in Japan, with only B-SAT left as a local competitor.1112

It began in 1985 with the opening of the communication markets in Japan and the founding of Japan Communications Satellite Company, Satellite Japan Corporation, Space Communications Corporation. It grew by own investment, mergers and acquisitions of the parent companies. As of August 2016, it includes the fleets of three previously mentioned companies, Horizons Satellite and NTT DoCoMo and the DSN military network.1314151617

References

  1. "Corporate Philosophy". SKY Perfect JSAT Group. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/Default.aspx?ID=1368 ↩

  2. "History". SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-28. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/en/about/history.html ↩

  3. "JCSAT". Global Security. Retrieved 2016-08-04. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/japan/jcsat.htm ↩

  4. "Making Space Communications Corporation (SCC) a wholly owned subsidiary" (PDF). March 12, 2008. Retrieved 2016-08-03. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/pdf/images/news/E/E0000147.pdf ↩

  5. "Notice of Merger of Consolidated Subsidiaries" (PDF). SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation & Intelsat. August 6, 2008. Retrieved 2016-08-03. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/pdf/images/news/E/E0000106.pdf ↩

  6. "History". SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-28. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/en/about/history.html ↩

  7. "History". SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-28. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/en/about/history.html ↩

  8. "JCSAT". Global Security. Retrieved 2016-08-04. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/japan/jcsat.htm ↩

  9. "Making Space Communications Corporation (SCC) a wholly owned subsidiary" (PDF). March 12, 2008. Retrieved 2016-08-03. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/pdf/images/news/E/E0000147.pdf ↩

  10. "Notice of Merger of Consolidated Subsidiaries" (PDF). SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation & Intelsat. August 6, 2008. Retrieved 2016-08-03. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/pdf/images/news/E/E0000106.pdf ↩

  11. "History". SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-28. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/en/about/history.html ↩

  12. "JCSAT". Global Security. Retrieved 2016-08-04. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/japan/jcsat.htm ↩

  13. "History". SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-28. http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/en/about/history.html ↩

  14. "JCSAT". Global Security. Retrieved 2016-08-04. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/japan/jcsat.htm ↩

  15. "N-Star". Global Security. Retrieved 2016-08-02. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/japan/n-star.htm ↩

  16. "Superbird". Global Security. Retrieved 2016-07-28. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/japan/superbird.htm ↩

  17. "Execution of a Program to Upgrade and Operate X-Band Satellite Communications Functions by the Subsidiary" (PDF). SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation & Intelsat. January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-28. http://www.sptvjsat.com/wp-content/uploads/130115_hd_DSNPFIEN.pdf ↩