Japan’s Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) will launch a new baby-boomer-targeted high-definition channel, Channel Ginga, on nationwide cable television networks and via satellite on e2 by SKY PerfecTV!2.

Channel Ginga will feature documentaries, travelogues, history, art, historical and drama series, broadcasting 24 hours a day in high definition. One-third of the programming will be drawn from NHK archives, including major documentaries, epic dramas, and nostalgic entertainment shows. The content will be balanced between the best of Japanese terrestrial TV productions and content from the BBC and the major U.S. terrestrial networks. In addition, Channel Ginga will be developing original content. Ginga means “Galaxy” in Japanese.

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