Nippon TV, the Japanese entertainment network, has announced the appointment of Satoru Hiramatsu to the position of Managing Director of Global Content Business. Hiramatsu, previously from Nippon TV’s linear and streaming programming division, will now report directly to Yuzo Kuwahara, Operating Officer and President of Content Business, and replaces Mikiko Nishiyama who is now Executive […]

Studio Ghibli, the celebrated Japanese animation studio founded by Hayao Miyazaki, is to become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network. The boards of both companies have agreed that the Japanese commercial broadcast network will become Studio Ghibli’s top shareholder, with a 42.3 per cent stake. Financial details were not disclosed. Nippon TV’s Senior Operating Officer […]

Disney Japan and HJ Holdings have announced the launch of a new bundle plan for Disney+ and Hulu Japan services, offering a catalogue of global and Japanese entertainment to consumers.  Hulu Japan, operated by HJ Holdings (a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corporation) and the SVoD platform for Nippon TV, houses on-demand viewing of series […]

Nippon TV, the Japanese multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, has partnered with Netflix and licensed 13 of its most popular anime titles to stream non-exclusively around the world. The first titles to start streaming on September 1st on Netflix are the ever-popular Hunter X Hunter’s first 38 episodes, slated to stream in 104 countries including Spain, Italy, […]

Nippon TV, the Japanese multiplatform entertainment network, has announced that Akira Ishizawa, former Senior Executive Operating Officer of Nippon TV, has been promoted to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Yoshikuni Sugiyama who will be taking the new position of Chairman of Nippon TV. The promotion was made today and is […]

NHK World-Japan, the English-language international service of Japan’s public media organisation NHK, is increasing its activities in Germany: The 24-hour TV channel NHK World-Japan is now available on streaming platform Zattoo. Viewers can receive the channel in the free basic package (SD) with the HD version being offered in the Premium and Ultimate packages. NHK […]

Nippon TV Holdings, the international media organisation and the parent company of Nippon TV, has announced a strategic collaboration with The Walt Disney Company (Japan). The collaboration will include co-production of local language content ranging from drama series, animation to variety shows on Disney+ for both Japanese and global audiences and the availability of both […]

MPEG LA has announced the availability of the ATSC 3.0 Patent Portfolio Licence providing one-stop access to patents that are essential to the next generation broadcast standard developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). ATSC 3.0, already available in South Korea and many US television markets, improves the television viewing experience with higher audio […]

International content company Envision Entertainment has announces ex-HBO Europe CEO Linda Jensen and Harry Potter producer David Barron are joining its executive team. Envision said the appointments have been made to help plans to expand aggressively in the international premium content space. Barron will focus on boosting Envision’s slate of high-end content, and Jensen will […]

Despite predictions of a ‘pandemic peak’, streaming adoption continues to gain ground worldwide and Asia is no exception, experiencing 46 per cent year-over-year growth in Q3 2021 according to the Q3 2021 State of Streaming: Asia report from Conviva, the continuous measurement platform for streaming media. Asia’s streaming growth was led by the western and southeastern regions of […]