CAMB.AI, a start-up building a global content localisation infrastructure driven by AI-powered multilingual translation, has announced the opening of its new APAC office. Former DAZN Japan President Takashi Nakamura has been appointed as President APAC, leading the company’s expansion into the region from Tokyo. The APAC expansion marks a key step in CAMB.AI’s mission to […]

Americable Japan International and OpenVault have announced a multi-year agreement for deployment of OpenVault’s Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) solutions across broadband systems serving United States military bases in Japan. Americable will use OpenVault’s OV PNM solution and advanced mobile diagnostic tools to fulfill key operational objectives across its network, including prevention of service disruptions, faster […]

Japan’s Nippon TV has announced that its new travel reality show, Traveling with Snow Man, featuring the popular nine-member boy band Snow Man, will premiere on July 27th on Nippon TV with the uncut version streaming globally on Disney+ immediately afterwards. Produced by Nippon TV, the series will be the first-ever unscripted travel show from […]

BBC Cymru Wales and S4C have announced a deal for the live free-to-air rights for the Wales men’s rugby team’s two-Test tour of Japan this July. The first match takes place at the Mikuni World Stadium in Kitakyushu on July 5th and will be broadcast live on BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer, with coverage […]

PwC Consulting and Parrot Analytics have unveiled a alliance designed to revolutionise how media and entertainment organisations harness data to drive growth and profitability. By combining PwC Consulting’s strategic consulting services with Parrot Analytics’ entertainment analytics, streaming economics, and content valuation platform, the pair say the partnership accelerates the data-driven expansion of content, IP valuation, […]

Nippon TV has announced that its hit entertainment show, Golden SixTONES, featuring the popular six-boy band, is now available for globally on Netflix. This marks the first time that a regular weekly entertainment show from Nippon TV will be distributed on Netflix. The show will stream in Japanese and be subtitled in multiple languages around […]

Rainbow’s Winx Club has lit up the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka ahead of the global launch of the new series Winx Club – The Magic is Back, which is set to premiere on Netflix globally, including in Japan, in October 2025. Created by Iginio Straffi, founder of Rainbow, the Italian animated brand […]

Electric Entertainment, the US-based production and distribution company, has closed a deal with WAKO in Japan for the first season of Electric Entertainment’s original spin-off series Leverage Redemption. WAKO will have TV and VoD rights. The announcement was jointly made by Sonia Mehandjiyska, Head of International Distribution at Electric Entertainment, and the Acquisition team at […]

Japan has four cellular network operators with three of them controlling some 80 per cent of the market. Rakuten, currently Number 4 in the hierarchy with about 3 per cent market share, is looking to grow its ‘Direct-to-Consumer’ satellite connectivity share thanks to AST SpaceMobile. NTT Docomo, the largest player, does not – as yet […]

The Pinkfong Company, the entertainment company behind the hit Baby Shark brand, has signed a strategic business agreement with TBS Television, one of Japan’s five major commercial broadcasters, for joint production and business collaboration. Through this partnership, The Pinkfong Company and TBS Television will co-develop new and original content aimed at young viewers and their […]