SKY Perfect JSAT Group
Native name | 株式会社スカパーJSATホールディングス |
|---|---|
| Public KK | |
| 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 | JPY 163.2 bn (FY14) |
| JPY 13.5 bn (FY14) | |
Number of employees | 808[1] (2016) |
| Subsidiaries |
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (100%) OptiCast Inc. (100%) JSAT International Inc. (100%) Satellite Network, Inc. (92%) Cable Television Adachi Corp. (77.3%) SKY Perfect Mobile Inc. (100%) SKY Perfect Well Think,Co.Ltd. (100%) Data Network Center Corporation (51%) JSAT MOBILE Communications (53.3%) |
| Website | Official website |
The SKY Perfect JSAT Group is a Japanese corporate group that claims to be Asia’s largest satellite communication and multi-channel pay TV company.[2] It owns the SKY PerfecTV! satellite broadcasting service and the SKY Perfect Well Think content studio, among other businesses.
SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (株式会社スカパーJSATホールディングス Kabushiki-gaisha Sukapā JSAT Holdings) (TYO: 9412) is the holding company for the group, and holds 100% of the shares of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (スカパーJSAT株式会社 Sukapā JSAT Kabushiki-gaisha), the group's main operating company.
History
JSAT
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) and Satellite Japan Corporation (SJC). JCSAT-1, Japan’s first private-sector communications satellite, was launched in 1989. JCSC and SJC merged in 1993, becoming Japan Satellite Systems, which changed its name to JSAT Corporation in 2000. JSAT was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the same year. SCC was acquired by the Sky Perfect JSAT Group in 2008.[3]
Sky PerfecTV
The pay TV business of the group dates to 1994, when Japan Digital Broadcast Service was 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 of DirecTV.[3]
Merger
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 to SKY 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]
Satellite fleet
As of March 2014, SKY Perfect JSAT owned sixteen communications satellites, two jointly owned by Intelsat.[4]
References
- ↑ "(株)スカパーＪＳＡＴホールディングス". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ "Corporate Philosophy". SKY Perfect JSAT Group.
- 1 2 3 "Group History". SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ "SKY Perfect JSAT".
External links
- SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings (English)
- SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (English)
