Sky Perfect, Microsoft tie up in program distribution

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Sky Perfect Communications Inc has teamed up with Microsoft Co to distribute television programs online to personal computer. Through the move, the operator of communications satellite-based television service Sky PerfecTV! aims to broaden its customer base.

The service, which began on Tuesday, is available to users of PCs running the home premium version of the Windows Vista operating system.

Sky Perfect, a unit of Sky Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc, will distribute programs of the National Geographic and three other channels for a monthly fee of 525 yen to 1,470 yen. The Disney channel is set to join the line-up in December.