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Ok, I know this has been talked about a lot all over the internet but somehow I didn’t find any good, up to date forum threads so I might as well create a new one. Does anyone know where you can stream live Japanese TV channels (TV Asahi, TBS, TV Tokyo, etc…)? Please avoid Livestation, TVUPlayer, and Keyhole TV. On a slightly more specific unrelated note.. does anyone know where I can watch this year’s Ontama Carnival? Thank you in advance.
“Please avoid KeyHole TV.”
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… OK, so now what? :P
Keyhole is pretty poor. Every now and again someone hosts a bunch of high quality streams but none that I know of right now.
There is a site for a single channel that runs 24/7 but for the life of me I can’t remember it.
NHK World has instructions on their website for how to pick them up by satellite, but I don’t know how much of that channel is in Japanese (or, for that matter, whether you can pick up satellite =P ).
I don’t believe there is any Japanese on NHK World, but I could be wrong.
http://jptv24.com/ – Check it out, the quality’s alright but the selection, well…
http://www.freshverse.com/ – Wasn’t working for 3yrs or so but apparently it’s back… really good quality, no selection though. (Also, they might still require invites…)I’ve been trying for a number of months as well but the outlook is rather bleak.
wwitv.com – worth a look sometimes but not great selection.
I have NHK World on cable and it’s entirely in Japanese. Except for one program about music that was in English, but it had Japanese subs.
Oh and just to confirm, freshverse is working fine at the moment. Not sure what on earth I am watching right now (argh the colours! my eyes!!), but it’s good quality!
@ooh_a_robot It’s only the the NHK G channel ATM, here’s the schedule.
@Joel NHK World Premium has many different Japanese shows but it can be a bit of a PITA to set up. You may get lucky and be able to get it locally (see TV Japan to see if there is a provider near you) or order the service direct from Japan International Broadcasting Inc. for 3000¥/month plus the purchase of equipment (IRD receiver and 2.5m dish). The dish is huge compared to what most of us see around here. I was hoping that they offered an online solution as I’m cable and satellite free (there’s A LOT of online programming if you look) but it seems there isn’t anything. Shame.
@RadRussian I know of a few places that have a simulcast 1hr(ish) after they air in Japan or so like dramacrazy.net, crunchyroll.com, funimation.com and mysoju.com but they aren’t quite live.
Thank you everyone.
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