CS digital TV broadcasting launched

TOKYO, Japan - Hisami Kataoka (2nd from R), president of Plat-One, pushes a button in a ceremony in Tokyo to launch digital television broadcasting services based on a new communications satellite (CS) in Japan on March 1. Plat-One was established in 2000 by a group of investors including trading house Mitsubishi Corp., NTV and satellite-broadcasting operator WOWOW Inc. to provide next-generation CS digital broadcasts.

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