Company:J:COM
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 Headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo | |
Native name | JCOM株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Jeikomu kabushiki-gaisha |
| Formerly | Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (1995-2021) |
| Type | Private |
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| Headquarters | Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan |
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JCOM Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, whose main operation is an MSO (multiple-system) cable operator in Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka. It is a consolidated subsidiary of KDDI, and is a 50/50 joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation.
Previously known as Jupiter Communications, the company uses the brand name J:COM, and many of its subsidiaries have the J:COM name.
History
The company was created in December 1994 by Tele-Communications Inc., one of the largest MSOs in the world at the time. The company would initially offer cable systems and would later branch out to telephone services.[1] The company expected to set up its telephony services by mid-1996, as well as trialing interactive television services.[2] TCI, on its behalf, had problems with Japanese bureaucracy, as well as problems faced by smaller cable companies to provide digital services even after deregulation in 1993, enabling more foreign control.[2] In 1999, it signed an agreement with @Home Internet to provide internet services for its subscribers.[3]
Liberty Global sold its stake to KDDI in January 2010.[4]
On December 1, 2023, it added Paramount+ to its services, alongside WOWOW.[5] In June 2025, it took over satellite channel BS Shochiku Tokyu, saving it from closure, and renaming it J:COM BS.[6]
J:COM Channel
J:COM Channel is the name given to its community channels. A second channel, J:COM TV, started broadcasting in June 2011.[7][|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
References
- ↑ Dubroff, Henry (December 7, 1994). "TCI revamp to trigger four IPOs". The Denver Post.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bureaucracy in Action: One Firm's Struggle to Bring Cable Television to Tokyo". The New York Times. October 3, 1995. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/03/IHT-bureaucracy-in-action-one-firms-struggle-to-bring-cable-television-to-to.html.
- ↑ At Home to Offer Internet Access In Japan in Sumitomo Venture
- ↑ Liberty Global Sells Stake in Japanese Company
- ↑ 小野佳希 (2023-09-20). "サブスク映像配信「Paramount＋」日本上陸。12/1提供開始". https://www.phileweb.com/news/d-av/202309/20/58946.html.
- ↑ "｢BS松竹東急｣の｢J:COM BS｣へのチャンネル名変更と放送継続のお知らせ". 2025-06-18. https://www.shochiku-tokyu.co.jp/notice/detail/bsst20250618/.
- ↑ J:COMメディアセンター J:COM チャンネル(コミュニティチャンネル) 放送統合送出センター
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
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