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mvogel
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Watch Japanese TV on-line

Postby mvogel » January 3rd, 2010 1:29 pm

I am not sure if this has ever been posted here before but I just came across a great app called KeyHole that lets you watch Japanese TV stations over the Internet live, i.e. at the same time the shows are showing on Japanese TV. The app also has Japanese radio stations.

The app can be found here. http://www.v2p.jp/video/english/index.html

The app comes in Windows, Mac, and Linux versions. I have tested all three versions. The quality is not the best but free can not be beat. There is also a feature that keeps the app as the main app in the foreground no matter what you are doing.

One drawback is that since this is live TV viewers outside of Japan will have to adjust to the time zone difference in order to watch a specific program.

This is sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs so it is legal. This is not bit-torret downloads of TV programs but live broadcast TV in real time.

The main stations are TBS, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, and Fuji TV.

Even though I live in Japan I use it on my computer so I can watch Japanese TV while I work.

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Postby Ulver_684 » January 3rd, 2010 9:26 pm

mvogel-san! :wink:

Great link, thanks! Mina-san here is another link I found to watch Japanese TV online:

http://www.wwitv.com/portal.htm?http:// ... on/106.htm

I'm not sure if it's legal but I can see my favorite anime there so go check it out! :D

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Yamanchu
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Postby Yamanchu » January 4th, 2010 8:10 am

mvogel and Ulver, thanks for these links, sounds great. Will certainly have a look.

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Postby otaku8083 » January 4th, 2010 8:45 pm

Thanks for the links! I really like watching FNN - they have such good pronunciation ;) Well, they should... they are Japanese xD

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Postby tennisdude818 » January 21st, 2010 1:39 pm

Oh boy, maybe I can use this to finally watch new episodes of "Gaki no Tsukai!" Too bad that show is the Osaka dialect. Thanks for the links!

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