[2] The channel launched with solid figures, with reports at the BBC citing that the audience was mainly Japanese.

[3] On 14 June 2005, the channel was added to Online TV Company's IPTV service.

[4] On 20 March 2006, BBC Worldwide announced that the channel would cease operations in April, citing that financial problems at Japan Mediarc meant they could no longer honour contractual commitments to distribute the network.

With BBC Japan being a commercial network; programs were edited to fit the time slot, meaning a normal hour-long production would be shortened to 42 minutes on the channel.

While some shows were dubbed or voiced over, the majority of the channel's content was broadcast in English with Japanese subtitles.