[sumo] NHK address confusion

[Lon Howard]

On Jun 29, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Doreen Simmons wrote:

> The first one is for the whole sumo broadcast; the second one, as  
> it says, is for the small English-language addition.
>
> Incidentally if you are talking about any kind of NHK feed you are  
> getting outside Japan, you should bear in mind that your local  
> provider is in charge of distribution. Somebody, for instance, said  
> in this or a similar thread that "NHK increased the time" but this  
> is not so; in Japan the English side broadcasts 2 hours regularly,  
> from 16:00-18:00 every day (except that sometimes it starts half an  
> hour early on the Sunday).

I was one of the letter-writers that wrote to request that the  
telecast time be extended from 90 minutes to two hours, and indeed  
that was a successful effort.  But those requests were in regard to  
TV Japan's coverage, and sent to TV Japan, not to NHK.  That said,  
Peter may have a good idea.  It's possible that NHK doesn't realize  
the passion that the English-language followers of sumo have.  I  
still have doubts that there are actually that many of us, but Peter  
is right in that it's certainly worth the effort.  Thanks for the  
kick in the pants!

- Shomishuu