丸红和日立公司计划于1997年7月开办利用NTT光纤线路进行广播和通信的复合型有线电视广播。由这两家公司共同出资的有线电视台叫做城外 Marubeni and Hitachi plan to launch a composite cable television broadcasting and communications system using NTT fiber optic cables for broadcasting and communications in July 1997. The cable television station co-financed by the two companies is called outside the city