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Tadokoro appointed Brightcove Japan manager

Brightcove, the intelligent video engagement company, has announced the appointment of Takayuki Tadokoro as Country Manager of Brightcove Japan. “Takayuki Tadokoro brings more than 35 years of experience focusing on the streaming industry and equipping customers with solutions to grow their business,” said Jim Norton, Chief Revenue Officer at Brightcove. “Tadokoro’s experience leading teams in […]

February 13, 2025

Fuji Media feels scandal heat

Japan’s Fuji Media Holdings has held an emergency board meeting after 80 advertisers, including the likes of Toyota, McDonald’s, 7-Eleven and SoftBank, said they would pull adverts from its TV channel. The company is accused of failing to respond adequately to a sex scandal involving Masahiro Nakai, a 52-year-old former star in the boyband SMAP, […]

January 23, 2025

Nippon TV appoints Fukuda as President

Nippon TV, the Japanese multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, has announced that Hiroyuki Fukuda, former Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, has been promoted to Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Nippon TV. He replaces Akira Ishizawa who will now serve as the Representative Director of the newly established Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corporation. […]

January 20, 2025

NHK suffers major licence fee deficit

Japan’s NHK public broadcaster is in trouble for the third year running suffering from a shortfall in licence fee payments. NHK’s 2025 fiscal year will post a deficit of some 40 billion Yen (€245m) according to The Japan Times. While this is a major shortfall, the sum is an improvement on the 2024 position which […]

January 10, 2025By Chris Forrester

TrillerTV turns 10 with Wrestle Kingdom 19

On January 4th and 5th, TrillerTV will celebrate its 10th anniversary of delivering live streaming content with the Wrestle Kingdom 19 and Wrestle Dynasty events, from New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), live from the Tokyo Dome. Ten years ago, TrillerTV and NJPW first paired up to Live Stream Wrestle Kingdom 9, catapulting TrillerTV (then known as […]

January 3, 2025

Report: Anime took 6% of global streaming revenue in 2023

Japanese anime achieved record-breaking revenues in 2023, expanding its cultural influence worldwide. According to Parrot Analytics, anime generated $19.8 billion (€91.01bn) in total global revenue, including $5.5 billion from streaming and $14.3 billion from merchandising sales, underscoring its significant economic and cultural impact worldwide. Parrot Analytics and AJA have collaborated to enrich the Anime Industry […]

December 19, 2024

Lego Masters expands in Japan

Reality competition format, Lego Masters, has been renewed for a second season by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) in Japan, following a deal with Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment. TBS will produce and broadcast a five-part second season of the format to premiere on its network Channel 6 and streaming platforms TVer […]

November 22, 2024

AVIA: “Japan at tipping point from linear to digital services”

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its first Japan focused industry event, Japan in View, on October 29th at the Andaz Tokyo, bringing together over 130 international and regional players from across the video and streaming industry. The conference opened and dove straight into the streaming potential of Japan, with Shinjiro Ninagawa, Executive Managing […]

November 7, 2024

NHK, PTS partner on rocket launch doc

One of Japan public broadcaster NHK’s regional stations, NHK Obihiro, is cooperating with Taiwanese public broadcaster PTS on a documentary following the launch of the first Taiwanese rocket which will take off from Hokkaido in Japan. The rocket launch by Taiwan Innovative Space (TiSpace) is scheduled for spring 2025. It will be the first-ever Taiwanese […]

November 7, 2024By Chris Forrester

NHK wins ABU awards

Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has won three awards at an event in Istanbul held by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The prizes were won in three categories. The ABU Perspective Award went to a documentary in the broadcaster’s ‘Frontiers’ strand and was for ‘How Smart is AI?’ It examined the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) […]

October 24, 2024By Chris Forrester