[sumo] Sumo on TV (Comcast)

[Lon Howard]

Joe,

I could be wrong, but as far as I know, the only way to watch sumo on  
NHK in the U.S. is through TV Japan.  I think I recall you mentioning  
before that satellite isn't an option for you.  I went to TV Japan's  
website for their cable options in the D.C. area and came up with this:

http://www.tvjapan.net/en/watching/cabletv_result.php? 
list=true&country=USA&state=Washington+DC&cable_ip=C

In case the link doesn't work, the listed provider is Starpower and  
the ph # is 800-746-4726, at $24.95 mo.

Sorry if you've tried this before and found a dead end.  Good luck!

Lon Howard
Shomishuu




On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:52 AM, Joe Klemmer wrote:

> On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 18:27 -0800, Barbara wrote:
>
>> Everyone, note that those in the US now on standard time, the  
>> broadcast
>> on TVJapan begins at 11pm Pacific time (2am EST), an hour earlier  
>> than
>> the previous basho.
>
> 	This reminds me I wanted to update anyone who cares on my trials and
> tribulations trying to get the Basho actually shown.  To quickly
> recap...
>
> 	Comcast in my local area (Washington DC Metro area, Northern VA)
> carries a number of channels from the MHz Network
> (http://www.mhznetworks.org/), one of which is supposed to be NHK.   
> The
> programming listed in the onscreen guide has the Bashos listed but the
> actual content is other stuff (not being able to read or (yet)
> understand Japanese I'm afraid "stuff" is the best I can do).
>
> 	I finally contacted the Comcast people on the phone and it seems they
> didn't even know that this channel was in their listings.  Either way
> they point the finger at the MHz people (surprise, surprise).
>
> 	I then got in email touch with someone from MHz.  She didn't seem to
> have any idea when I was talking about.  She just told me that  
> there is
> a 14 hour (give or take) time difference between VA and Japan.  She  
> then
> pointed me to the NHK English website (http://www.nhk.or.jp/english/)
> for program listings.  These listings actually are broadcast on a
> different MHz channel
> (http://www.mhzworldview.org).
>
> 	It seems I'm officially in the spinning twister know as customer
> support.  Should anything change I'll try and remember to post it.
>
> K-jo, who really wants to see the Basho almost as much as he wants  
> "Ace
> Combat 6" and "Guitar Hero III" for Christmas
>
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