Nippon TV, Japan’s multiplatform entertainment company, has partnered with Netflix to make 30 of its drama series and entertainment shows available outside Japan, all across Asia. The first 15 titles have just started to stream, these include its 2011 drama series I’m Mita, Your Housekeeper, DEATH NOTE, which is a live-action drama based on a […]
Premium video streaming in Japan reached 85 billion minutes during January – August 2021, or 13 per cent of total time spent on video according to the first of a series of quarterly reports from Media Partners Asia (MPA) measuring the Japanese streaming economy. The report, titled Japan Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics, leverages […]
Veset, an SaaS linear channel management platform provider, has announced a significant equity investment from PLAY. PLAY is the leading media technology company in Japan and a subsidiary of Nippon TV. PLAY is focused on digital transformation in the media and entertainment industry by developing and offering innovative video distribution services. PLAY has integrated Veset’s […]
Global sports streaming service DAZN is partnering with trade body the Japan Cable and Telecommunications Association (JCTA), to bring DAZN to millions of cable TV households in Japan. Subscribers of participating cable TV partners will now be able to add a DAZN subscription to their monthly cable TV bill without the need to register a […]