Igo-Shogi Channel

Igo-Shogi Channel (囲碁将棋チャンネル) is a Japanese satellite TV channel specializing in Go and Shogi.

Started as a cable channel in 1990, it turned to satellite broadcast in 2012. As a subscription service, the channel offers a variety of programs on Go such as news, lectures, tournaments, game commentaries, tsumego problems etc. You can view these programs free of charge on the first Sunday each month.

Tournaments

• Japanese Ryusei: quickplay tournament, 1990-
• Chinese Longxing: namesake, 2008-
• Korean Ryongsang: namesake, 2018-
• Japan-China Ryusei (2014-18) and Japan-China-Korea Ryusei, 2019-
• Shin Ryusei: blitz games, 2021-

Links

• Website http://www.igoshogi.net/
• Program guide https://www.igoshogi.net/program/: Go programs are blue-shaded.
• Igo-Shogi Premium https://www.shogipremium.jp/:Past programs as video-on-demand
• YouTube channels
  • (free) https://www.youtube.com/user/igoshogich: some videos in English.
  • Igo-Shogi Plus (paywalled) https://www.youtube.com/@igoshogiplus/featured: subscription-based YouTube channel