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Japan SVoD market to hit $5.6 billion in 2028

August 29, 2024 09.32 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

Japan SVoD market to hit $5.6 billion in 2028 amidst rising premium content demand, forecasts GlobalData.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research, SVOD Tagged With: GlobalData, Japan Edited: 29 August 2024 09:32

Paramount+ to launch in Japan

September 20, 2023 07.13 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The streaming service Paramount+ will make its debut in Japan on both J:COM and WOWOW on December 1.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: J;COM, Japan, Paramount+, Wowow Edited: 21 September 2023 09:41

Thema inks Rakuten deal

February 8, 2023 11.28 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Canal+ Group’s Thema has expanded its distribution activity in Japan with the launch of the classical music FAST channel Vivaldi on R Channel, a linear streaming service operated by Rakuten.

Filed Under: FAST Channels, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: Canal+, Japan, R Channel, Rakuten, Thema, Vivaldi Edited: 8 February 2023 11:28

Play Japan buys Latvia’s Veset

February 6, 2023 08.45 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Latvia-based Veset has been acquired by the Japanese media technology company Play for an undisclosed fee.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Japan, Latvia, PLAY, Veset Edited: 6 February 2023 08:45

SES partners with SoftBank

September 30, 2021 09.44 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Japanese telecom carrier SoftBank Corp has partnered with SES for the aggregation and delivery of live sporting events to its corporate customers, including TV stations and video distribution companies.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Satellite Tagged With: Japan, SES, SoftBank Corp Edited: 30 September 2021 09:44

Alchimie inks Japanese OTT deal

October 23, 2019 11.00 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Alchimie has signed an agreement with NHK Enterprises, a subsidiary of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK, to distribute a range of wildlife programming.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: Alchimie, Japan, NHK Edited: 23 October 2019 11:00

Asia Pacific OTT to generate $48 billion

March 18, 2019 00.49 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

Asia Pacific OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach $48 billion in 2024; up from the $21 billion recorded in 2018. According to the Asia Pacific OTT TV and […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, OTT, Research Tagged With: Asia Pacific OTT TV and Video Forecasts, Asia-Pacific, China, Digital TV Research, Japan, Netflix, Simon Murray Edited: 19 March 2019 12:00

NHK World – Japan launches on Roku platform

January 21, 2019 07.48 Europe/London By Robert Briel

NHK World, Japan’s global 24-Hour, English-language television channel, is joining streaming platform Roku.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Newsline, OTT, TV Tagged With: Japan, NHK World, Roku Edited: 21 January 2019 13:03

NHK Japan to launch the world’s first 8K channel

November 27, 2018 14.10 Europe/London By Robert Briel

NHK will launch two new channels in December, including the world’s first 8K channel, NHK BS4K and NHK BS8K.

Filed Under: Newsline, Satellite, TV Tagged With: 4K, 8K, BS4K, BS8K, Japan, NHK Edited: 3 December 2018 14:49

Hulu Japan tests new launch strategy with multiple platform windows

August 20, 2018 07.43 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Hulu Japan will premiere the Russian zombie drama series The Day After on its SVOD platform on October 5, 2018, day-and-date with the DVD.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Hulu, Japan Edited: 20 August 2018 07:43

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