SKY Perfect TV to Start a Japanese Program Channel in Indonesia?
SKY Perfect JSAT corporation will establish a TV channel specializing in Japanese program on February,2014.
The TV station will broadcast dramas, Anime, variety programs, educational programs for infants, and also travelogue programs which pretty popular in Indonesia.
They will start a same type program in Myanmar on March, and expand the operation to other Asian countries in the fastest-growing economy in the world.
The name of the channel is “WAKUWAKU JAPAN” and will be on the air twenty-four hours a day. They partners with a leading broadcasting company which has an almost 60% (1.6 million households) share of pay-TV subscribers in Indonesia. This program will be on the air as a partners’ program listing.
The programs are provided by several affiliate production companies of SKY-Perfect TV in Japan and dubbed or subbed in the local languages. The program is expected to offer a beneficial economic effect on an attraction of foreign tourists to Japan. The Japanese government has a fund (150 million dollars) to foster this kind of project and SKY-Perfect TV will make use of it.
Some comments from 2ch/Japanese Readers
2 ：2014/01/02(木) 23:59:27.11 ID:0wMqOB3/
Important news.
4 ：：2014/01/03(金) 00:02:46.03 ID:nKRM6Syb
We should do this also in U.S, They know nothing about Japan.
14 ：：2014/01/03(金) 08:18:28.77 ID:Ixg/o6y1
“K-pop” is very popular in Southeast Asia, but only in Indonesia, J-pop is getting close. And the growing popularity of JKT48 spurs to a business mind something of Japanese companies,maybe. Actually JKT has Nozawa-san who plays double role as AKB, and her father was once a correspondent to Indonesia of the NIKKEI (Very famous economic newspaper in Japan), so that might relate to this…
18 ：：2014/01/03(金) 23:41:15.25 ID:0ymNVHd3
Now JKT drives away K-Pop? Go Harugon!
that gonna be nice
this is just my personal thoughts;
it is seems JKT48 is not so popular in Japan entertainment, but it is highly popular and a very effective tools of advertising in other japan industries, such as tourism, electronics, even automotive..
if only those retards in our goverment could see their potential as a brand ambassador..
don’t know if me suppose to be sad or glad about those reality..
Cool Japan
I think it’s still a long way to go to make JPop /J-things arising in Indonesia, Look http://s30.postimg.org/le9i8pg3l/januari7.jpg everyday’s TTI always be all about Korea (e.g. kdrama, kpop hallyu stars ), taihen dayou ne?, JKT48 just gives a lil bit “space” to introduces what’s Jpop/Jthing means to Indonesian. Majority of Indonesian consumer (women, girls) are still hooked up by hallyu’s stuffs, you know ironically JKT48 (call it Jproduct)’s members itself (viny, lidya,ayen,lidya) always been chi-chatting all about k-drama . it proves that indonesian market have been so occupied by hallyu wave
I feel the same way as you do.
When discussing about Korea or “Hanryu wave”on 2ch,many 2ch people make an involuntary noise.
Anyway,culture is not competition. I think Haruka’s positive interaction with ChiBi is a very good example:wink:
It’s About time, excellent decision. Sick of kpop here and there
It’s a good news, by the way. There are too few choices of TV shows about Japan here. Did it will be available as free channel or it will be available for pay TV subscribers?
I wonder if there will be variety shows, old animes, or J-dorama there. It could really reduce the data weight in my HDD really
Looking forward to it!
hello…speaking of shows about Indo – Japan….there’s going to be a show related to the friendship of Indonesia and japan next month on MetroTV called Kokoro no Tomo
it’s about an Indonesian guy who named Tomo who builds a relationship with a japanese girl named Kokoro, which surprisingly Kokoro is played by ex-SDN48 2nd gen member Kimoto Yuki…. i’m looking forward to this show
its about time.
im waiting for a long time.
sorry bout this, but too many korean and what i like the most is japanesse
so sorry bout i dont like korean drama so im very interesting when i know that this channel will be here
thank u Sky Vision