SKY Perfect JSAT
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 Headquarters inAkasaka,Minato, Tokyo | |
Native name | Kabushiki gaisha スカパーJSATホールディングス |
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Romanizedname | Kabushiki gaisha Sukapā JEISATTO Hōrudingusu |
| Company type | PublicKK |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Predecessors | JSAT Corporation Sky Perfect Communications, Inc. |
| Founded | April 2, 2007 (by merger) |
| Headquarters | Minato,Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Shinji Takada, President |
| Products | Fixed service satellite Direct broadcast satellite Pay TV |
| Revenue | JPY163.2 bn (FY14) |
| JPY13.5 bn (FY14) | |
| Owner | Major owners: Itochu Fuji Partners (22.2%; Joint venture betweenItochu(63%) andFuji Media Holdings(37%)) NTT Communications(7.6%) Sumitomo Corporation(6.5%) Nippon TV(6.1%) TBS(5.3%) |
Number of employees | 808[1](2016) |
| Subsidiaries | SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation OptiCast Inc. JSAT International Inc. Satellite Network, Inc. (92%) Cable Television Adachi Corp. (77.3%) SKY Perfect Mobile Inc. SKY Perfect Well Think, Co.Ltd. Data Network Center Corporation (51%) JSAT MOBILE Communications (53.3%) |
| Website | www |
TheSKY Perfect JSAT Groupis a Japanese corporate group that claims to be Asia's largest satellite communication and multi-channel pay TV company.[2]It owns theSKY PerfecTV!satellite broadcasting service and theSKY Perfect Well Thinkcontent studio, among other businesses.
SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc.(Kabushiki gaisha スカパーJSATホールディングス,Kabushiki-gaisha Sukapā JSAT Holdings)(TYO:9412) is theholding companyfor the group, and holds 100% of the shares ofSKY Perfect JSAT Corporation(スカパーJSAT kabushiki gaisha,Sukapā JSAT Kabushiki-gaisha),the group's main operating company.
History
[edit]JSAT
[edit]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) andSatellite Japan Corporation(SJC).JCSAT-1,Japan's first private-sector communications satellite, was launched in 1989. JCSC and SJC merged in 1993, becomingJapan Satellite Systems,which changed its name toJSAT Corporationin 2000. JSAT was listed on theTokyo Stock Exchangein the same year. SCC was acquired by the Sky Perfect JSAT Group in 2008.[3][4][5][6]
Sky PerfecTV
[edit]Thepay TVbusiness of the group dates to 1994, whenJapan Digital Broadcast Servicewas 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 ofDirecTV.[3]
Merger
[edit]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 toSKY 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.[3][4][5][6]
Satellite fleet
[edit]TheJSAT constellationis acommunicationandbroadcastingsatellite constellationcurrently 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 onlyB-SATleft as a local competitor.[3][4]
It began in 1985 with the opening of the communication markets in Japan and the founding ofJapan 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 SatelliteandNTT DoCoMoand theDSN military network.[3][4][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^"( cây )スカパーＪＳＡＴホールディングス".Yahoo Finance.Retrieved14 March2016.
- ^"Corporate Philosophy".SKY Perfect JSAT Group.
- ^abcde"History".SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc.Retrieved2016-07-28.
- ^abcd"JCSAT".Global Security.Retrieved2016-08-04.
- ^ab"Making Space Communications Corporation (SCC) a wholly owned subsidiary"(PDF).March 12, 2008.Retrieved2016-08-03.
- ^ab"Notice of Merger of Consolidated Subsidiaries"(PDF).SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation & Intelsat. August 6, 2008.Retrieved2016-08-03.
- ^"N-Star".Global Security.Retrieved2016-08-02.
- ^"Superbird".Global Security.Retrieved2016-07-28.
- ^"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.Retrieved2016-07-28.
External links
[edit]- SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings(in English)
- SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation(in English)