SKY PerfecTV on your computer |
With ShareCast, a downloadable utility, you can watch Japan's Table Tennis & Badminton Channel, authorized by the Japan Table Tennis Association and the Nippon Badminton Association, and available from SKY PerfecTV!, a Japanese Communication Satellite service.
View pre-recorded matches of some of the best table tennis players in the world, streamed in real-time directly to your computer. Watch such luminary players as Boll, Primorac, Ding, Kreanga, Persson, Kim, Samsonov, Joo and many, many more as they vie for ping pong penultimacy in Japan's SuperCircuit. You'll also see table tennis lessons and lectures from some of Japan's internationally unknown players.
Check the Sky PerfecTV! schedule for programs and times for both table tennis and badminton. The programs are streaming in real-time, so don't forget to run the ShareCast utility at the proper time, lest you miss any of the ultimate action.
What do I need to run ShareCast?
Necessary computer hardware equipment includes:
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows XP.
- 500 MHz Intel Pentium processor or equivalent.
- 128 MB of memory.
- Windows Media Player 7.1 or later.
- Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2 or later.
- Broadband Internet connection (DSL/Cable or better)
Now what do I do?
Instructions for installing and operating Sharecast:
- Download the ShareCast software (11 MB) and save it to your computer.
- Once, downloaded, scan the "SCSsetup087EnglishBeta.exe" file for a potential virus (Table Tennis Dayton guarantees the file is virus-free, but it's always a good habit).
- (Double)click the file "SCSsetup087EnglishBeta.exe".
- Follow the installation instructions.
- Once installed, (double)click the SCS Go! desktop icon.
- Enter 417839325 in the "Channel ID" field.
- Click "Get ticket".
- Click "Connect".
- Click "OK" in the pop-up box.
What happens next?
Enjoy the Table Tennis (or Badminton) with Sky PerfecTV! streaming through ShareCast. Check the Check the SKY PerfecTV! ShareCast schedule for programming times and events. (All program times are displayed in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)).
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