Japanet Broadcasting launched a new free BS broadcasting station, BS10, at 7pm on January 10th. The new station is a combination of the nationwide free BS broadcasting station BSJapanext and the movie-focused pay channel BS10 Star Channel, and has changed its channel position. It will now be available in areas where BSJapanext was not previously available.
As a special opening program, a special program titled "Nice to meet you, BS10! A 4-hour live broadcast special to celebrate the opening!" will be broadcast from 7 p.m. on January 10th. In addition, in January there will be special programming titled "10 Days of Opening", focusing on different categories on each day of the week.
At the press conference held on the same day, various programs in various genres such as movies, golf, basketball, mahjong, etc. were introduced, including the program " Hiroshi Tachi Cinema Lounge" starring actor Hiroshi Tachi . It was announced that the total prize money for the newly held mahjong tournament "Nissin Foods Presents Mahjong All-Star BS10 Championship" would be 10 million yen, with the winner receiving 5 million yen. This is the largest amount for an individual title match in Japan, and professional mahjong player and model Okada Sayaka made everyone laugh by saying, "I want that! I want to take home the board (with the prize amount written on it)."
Other attendees at the press conference included Asahito Takada, president of Japanet Holdings, Takahiro Ogata from the comedy trio Panther, former badminton player Reiko Shiota, professional golfers Naomichi Ozaki and Keiichiro Fukahori, and professional mahjong players Masu Sarukawa and Hisato Sasaki.
