Audiences across Japan can now watch the BBC News channel on U-NEXT, the first international news brand offered to U-NEXT customers. The channel will be available 24 hours a day in both English and Japanese (via simultaneous translation). BBC News provides impartial and independent journalism to 414 million people globally each week. In Japan, the […]

Japan’s Astroscale’s UK subsidiary has received around $15 million (€17.8m) from the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency to de-orbit a dead OneWeb satellite. The funding goes into ELSA-M, or End of Life Services mission, and is scheduled for 2026. The new cash comes on top of an €18 million grant which covered […]

Starting this July, Netflix will exclusively produce and distribute new series and films by Japanese producer Aki Isoyama for the next five years. Her most recent hit, the time-traveling comedy Extremely Inappropriate!, topped Netflix’s most-watched list in Japan for three weeks running. In June 2023, Let’s Get Divorced, which she produced with a screenplay co-written […]

Eighty-eight per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) stayed at their same speed in June with a few notable increases and decreases on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience.  Thirty-six countries and regions were in the top performance tier in June: Argentina, […]

Ninety-four per cent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) stayed at their same speed in May 2024 with a few notable increases and decreases on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience.  Thirty-three countries and regions were in the top performance tier in May: […]

Brightcove, the streaming technology company, haswelcomed JCOM, Japan’s largest cable TV company, as a new customer. As the streaming technology partner for J:COM, Brightcove is powering the media company’s newest streaming service, Ikimono Watch (‘Animal Watch’), which plans to broadcast content from across Japan’s zoos and aquariums. “J:COM is Japan’s biggest and most respected cable […]

Prime Video has cquired the exclusive livestreaming rights in Japan for Argentina and Brazil’s group stage matches along with all the knockout stage matches at the CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024 that commences on June 21st. Prime members in Japan will be able to watch the CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024 exclusively at no additional […]

DEGI (The Digital Entertainment Group International) has released data that confirmed the impact and success of the first ever Mega Movie Week in Japan. Electronic sell-through (EST) sales experienced a +430 per cent increase in volume and an over +145 per cent increase in sales value. There was a simultaneous rise in VoD usage, with […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced Buddy Marini as its new GM of Japan. Based in Tokyo, Marini will join the company on June 3rd and report to WBD Asia Pacific President, James Gibbons. In his new role, Marini will oversee all operations in Japan except the Theatrical and Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo: The […]