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History

Subscribers	History		Expanded Services
1991 (Heisei 3)
	Dec 18	Company established (Capital: 20 million yen)
1992 (Heisei 4)
		Start of Feasibility Study
1994 (Heisei 6)
	Jul 1	1st Capital Increase: 80 million yen
	Oct 1	2nd Capital Increase: 250 million yen
	Dec 21	3rd Capital Increase: 300 million yen
1995 (Heisei 7)
	Sep	Start of Subscriptions in Phase 1 Area
	Sep 14	Permission granted for Installation of Cable TV Facilities
		* Higashi-Hiroshima City was designated a Model City for Teletopia Plan (Oct 16)
	Nov 15	KAMON Center Building is completed
	Dec 24	Start of Test Broadcasting
1996 (Heisei 8)
	Mar 22	Services began in Phase 1 (Hachihonmatsu) Area	Start of 24 Channels
	Apr	Start of Subscriptions in Phase 2 Area
Aug 1,000 homes
	Dec	Service Area extended to Hachihonmatsu Muneyoshi and Itopia Hachihonmatsu Danchi
1997 (Heisei 9)
	Mar 31	Services began in Phase 2 (Saijo) Area
Oct 2,000 homes	Oct 11,12	Sake Festival Live Broadcast
1998 (Heisei 10)
	Jan 31	4th Capital Increase: 450 million yen
	Feb 25	Delayed Broadcast of Higashi-Hiroshima City Council Meetings started
	Mar 27	23GHz Microwave Relay System is completed	Start of TV Setouchi Programs (Mar 27)
	Apr 26	Live Broadcast of Vote Counting in the Higashi-Hiroshima Mayorial Election
	Apr	Service Area extended to Technotown Higashi-Hiroshima Danchi
	May	Service Area extended to JR Higashi-Hiroshima station Area	Start of Sky-A Programs (May 8)
Jul 3,000 homes	Jul 1	Control of Higashi-Hiroshima Newtown Cable TV facility transfered from Higashi-Hiroshima City Urban Area Renewal Bureau to KAMON CATV
	Jul 28	Service Connection completed to Higashi-Hiroshima Newtown
Sep 4,000 homes
	Oct 10,11	Sake Festival Live Broadcast	Start of Science Channel (Oct 3)
1999 (Heisei 11)
Mar 4,300 homes
	Apr 11	Live Broadcast of Vote Counting in the Hiroshima Prefectural Council Election	Start of J-SPORTS Channel (Apr 1)
	Apr 25	Live Broadcast of Vote Counting in the Higashi-Hiroshima City Council Election
Jul 4,400 homes			Start of The University of the Air TV Programs (Jul)
Oct 4,500 homes	Oct 9,10	Sake Festival Live Broadcast
2000 (Heisei 12)
			Start of Toei Channel (Jul)
	Oct 7,8	Sake Festival Live Broadcast
	Nov 30	Permission granted for Type I Telecommunications Business
Dec 5,000 homes
2001 (Heisei 13)
Apr 5,100 homes	Apr 7,8	Internet Movie Transmission Test by "Hiroshima Maple Net" between KAMON Center and Hiroshima Prefectural Gymnasium	Start of The University of the Air Radio Programs (Apr)
June 5,200 homes	Jun 1	Start of Cable Internet Service
	Aug 18	Higashi-Hiroshima Bon Dance Festival Live Broadcast