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SERVICES/Broadcast and Video Distribution Services

SKY Perfect Communications Inc. provides an extensive lineup of programs comprising approximately 300 channels all day via its SKY PerfecTV! and SKY PerfecTV! 110 services. Programs include domestic and overseas movies, sports, dramas, and anime. To access these services, viewers select channels of their choice in subscriber contracts and install a satellite dish and tuner in their homes. The total number of subscribers to both services reached over 4.17 million as of August 31, 2006 thanks to an outstanding program lineup that can be enjoyed by subscribers in all age brackets.

The CS digital broadcasting business rests on a platform made up of three types of businesses: broadcasters, satellite operators and service platform providers. As a satellite operator, JSAT's role in this business model is to broadcast programs that are supplied by broadcasters to households via satellite. JSAT receives fees for broadcasting services from broadcasters. The SKY PerfecTV! service platform operated by SKY Perfect Communications Inc. manages a portfolio of programs obtained from more than 100 broadcasters. Other roles of the service platform provider include conducting marketing activities that lead to increasing the subscriber base and collecting fees from viewers on behalf of the individual broadcasters.

*	Broadcasting fees include transponder fees and uplink fees.
*	Broadcasters refers to "licensed broadcasters" pursuant to Japan's Broadcast Law and "broadcasters on telecommunications services" pursuant to Japan's Law Concerning Broadcast on Telecommunica tions Services.

This service delivers video footage of live performances and other events in real time to TVs, PCs and other terminals in broadcasting stations, etc.

	SNG (Satellite News Gathering) :
	SNG transmits video footage and other information from the reporting scene to broadcasting stations via satellite news vehicles. SNET's satellite news vehicles are equipped to transmit HDTV.
	Rental of NewsLink portable satellite terminals :
	JSAT offers a rental service for Newslink satellite terminals made by Canada-based Norsat International Inc. Portable and easily deployes, these terminals are equipped with a 1m?~1m antenna and an MPEG2 encoder that allow for the transmission of high-quality video at speeds up to 10Mbps.