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How to Watch

With digital broadcasting and three satellites, NHK delivers news and information to the world 24 hours a day. (Updated on Mar.22, 2010)

Equipment

You will need the following equipment to receive transmission

1. Low Noise Block Converter (LNB) / 2. Satellite Dish with a diameter of 2.5 to 6m / 3. Digital Satellite Tuner

To purchase equipment: Please contact your local satellite antenna retailer.

Set Up Guide

Azimuth (Orientation) & Angle (Elevation) Setting

Asia-Pacific Region

City Azimuth Elevation
Jakarta 86° (E) 23°
Sydney 25° (NNE) 48°
Auckland 346° (NNW) 46°
Phnom Penh 96° (E) 20°
Ulan Bator 114° (ESE) 12°

South & North America Region

City Azimuth Elevation
Lima 59° (ENE) 64°
Asuncion 359° (N) 60°
Bogota 105° (ESE) 69°
Panama City 112° (ESE) 63°
Buenos Aires 1° (N) 50°

Southwest & Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe Region

City Azimuth Elevation
New Delhi 198° (SSW) 55°
Karachi 177° (S) 61°
Abu Dhabi 149° (SSE) 57°
Cairo 123° (ESE) 37°
Istanbul 128° (SE) 28°
Johannesburg 63° (ENE) 36°

Tuner Setting

Please set the frequency, symbol rate, FEC value and others on your digital satellite tuner to receive our transmission. Please find the setting details in your region shown below:

  Satellite Frequency Symbol Rate FEC Value Polarization
Asia-Pacific Region IS-8 4060MHz 26.59M baud 1/2 H
Southwest & Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe Region IS-10 3739MHz 26.59M baud 1/2 H
South & North America Region IS-9 4040MHz 26.59M baud 1/2 H

To complement our present NHK WORLD TV HD service, the broadcasting format on IS-10 changed from the current 1080/60i to 1080/50i, effective from March 22, 2010.

The new system is shown below. The satellite downlink parameters are not changed.

  Broadcasting System <Compression Format>
[channel information]
Until March 22 00:10 (JST) /
March 21 15:10 (UTC)		 As of March 22 05:00(JST) /
March 21 20:00 (UTC)
NHK WORLD TV *IS-8, IS-9, IS-10
PAL <MPEG-2>
[625 English]
[625 Japanese]		 *IS-8, IS-9, IS-10
PAL <MPEG-2>
[625 English]
[625 Japanese]
*IS-8, IS-9, IS-10
High Definition (1080/59.94i)
<MPEG-4 AVC/H.264>
[1080/60 i English]
[1080/60 i Japanese]		 *IS-8, IS-9
High Definition (1080/59.94i)
<MPEG-4 AVC/H.264>
[1080/60 i English]
[1080/60 i Japanese]
*IS-10
High Definition (1080/50i)
<MPEG-4 AVC/H.264>
[1080/50 i English]
[1080/50 i Japanese]

To receive our High Definition transmission, the digital tuner for High Definition (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compatible) will be required.
After setting the downlink parameters on your digital tuner for the High Definition system, please choose channel/language on either [1080/60 i English],[1080/60 i Japanese]or [1080/50 i English],[1080/50 i Japanese], to receive our transmission.

*For all viewers via NTSC TV set;
1. Please prepare a PAL-NTSC converter and set your tuner to receive PAL signal (choose channel/language on either [625 English] or [625 Japanese]). Convert to NTSC signal with the converter.

2. Please prepare a High Definition digital tuner (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) with function to convert High Definition signal to NTSC signal.

Broadcasting　Areas

Service Area

How to watch NHK programs in Japanese

Watch in Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Middle East Africa and so on.
NHK World Premium

NHK WORLD PREMIUM broadcasts World-wide.
To view this program, just subscribe to the region's cable network or satellite TV broadcast.

Watch in the USA or Canada
TV JAPAN

Watch TV JAPAN to view NHK in the USA and Canada.
To view this program, just subscribe to the region's cable network or satellite TV broadcast.

Watch in Europe (including the Middle East and parts of Africa)
JSTV (Japan Satellite TV (Europe) Limited)

JSTV is the only Japanese Satellite Broadcasting Program in the European region.
To view this program, just subscribe to the region's cable network or satellite TV broadcast.