Paramount+ has finally found a home in Japan. Paramount revealed Wednesday that the streaming service and its library will launch in the Japan market on Dec. 1 as a no-additional-cost addition to the on-demand services of local operators J:COM and Wowow. J:COM is one of Japan’s top cable television operators and broadband internet providers, while Wowow is the longstanding leading premium pay channel in the market.
Japanese advertising and PR firm Dentsu confirmed today that it was indicted for violating Japan’s Antimonopoly Act in connection with bid rigging activities that took place during the leadup to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Other companies were also charged including Hakuhodo, Tokyu Agency, Fuji Creative, Cerespo and Same Two.
The deal includes the Japan launch of ViacomCBS’s kids streaming channel Nick+, as well as a dedicated Nickelodeon zone for merchandise sales on Rakuten’s flagship e-commerce platform.
In 2018, Calrec Audio sold 40 of its Brio audio consoles to a number of Japanese broadcasters. The customers are a mix of existing and new. The installations were provided by Calrec’s […]
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Toyota’s deal in January to acquire the remainder of Daihatsu Motor Co. for about $3.2 billion in stock may represent the dawn of a leaner Japanese auto industry, according to Jefferies Group analyst Takaki Nakanishi. By 2020, he sees the nation’s ranks of carmakers shrinking from the current eight to no more than three company groups, driven by the rising costs of competing to make cars cleaner, safer and more connected.
NHK Goes For New Gold With 8K Olympics
In October 1964, Tokyo welcomed the world as it hosted the Summer Olympics. The event signaled Japan’s recovery from the devastation of World War II. To broadcast the proceedings, venerable pubcaster Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) was there. Now in its 90th year, that star has faded slightly as changing viewer demographics and questions about neutrality pose challenges for the broadcaster that has always pushed the tech envelope.
Japan’s five Tokyo-based commercial TV networks will jointly launch a service to stream their new shows on the Internet, starting in October. Called TVer, the service will offer the shows, including popular variety and drama programs, free of charge with commercials generating revenue. Each network will supply about 10 shows weekly and each show will be streamed for about one week.
The Japanese government is set to launch the world’s first 4K TV broadcast in July 2014, roughly two years ahead of schedule, to help stir demand for ultra high-definition televisions, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday without citing sources.
CBS Corp. and Hulu signed a multi-year, non-exclusive licensing agreement that will let certain CBS TV shows to be streamed instantly by subscribers to Hulu’s new subscription-only service in Japan. […]
The monumental disaster continuing to plague Japan was felt throughout the NAB convention, as many companies, most with Japanese roots, said that while manufacturing had been stabilized in factories that had escaped initial earthquake and tsunami, many component suppliers had been negatively affected. This in turn, could cause a delay in product shipments later this year.
Parts shortages caused by Japan’s record earthquake may reduce global automobile production by about 30%, according to the research firm IHS Automotive. If parts plants affected by the quake don’t return to operation within six weeks, global auto output may drop as much as 100,000 vehicles a day, according to IHS. The industry reportedly produces 280,000 to 300,000 vehicles daily.
While a survey of agencies this month showed that executives there expect Japanese auto dealers to spend less on advertising in the U.S., it also showed they expected domestic auto dealers to increase their spending.
Toyota is restarting production of the Prius and two other hybrid models in Japan as Honda extends its shutdown. The Prius is made at the Tsutsumi factory in western Japan, while the two hybrid Lexus models are produced in the southern island of Kyushu. Toyota has nine other factories in Japan. Toyota has only said shutdowns will last at least until Saturday. It will have lost production of about 140,000 vehicles by then.
