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WOWOW
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WOWOW was the first private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station in Japan. It began analog broadcasting on April 1, 1991. Digital broadcasting began on December 1, 2000. The network began with 207,753 subscribers (31.5 billion yen in sales), growing to 2,667,414 two years later (64.5 billion yen in sales).
WOWOW mostly rebroadcasts movies, but is also well known for showing original anime series such as Brain Powerd, Crest of the Stars, The Big O, Cowboy Bebop (the complete uncut version), Ergo Proxy, and Paranoia Agent, as well as the Anime Complex block. WOWOW also broadcasts Ultimate Fighting Championship events to Japanese audiences.
The channel's name is a double "Wow", and the three W's also stand for "World-Wide-Watching".
WOWOW also broadcasts American television series such as Friends, CSI series, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Cold Case, Grey's Anatomy, Medium, The 4400, Project Runway, South Park, The Simpsons and others. They also have broadcasted the Korean drama My Name is Kim Sam Soon and the UK comedy sketch show Little Britain with the British drama/action show Ultimate Force under the name SAS: British Special Forces
- WOWOW satellite website (Japanese)—requires Adobe FlashFlash plugin.
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