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 […]

Prime Video has announced that the Japanese Amazon Original drama series Marry My Husband will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on June 27th. Prime Video customers in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide will be able to enjoy weekly episodes of the series. Based on the popular NAVER web novel, this Japan-Korea joint project […]

Remow, the entertainment company dedicated to bringing Japanese content to the rest of the world, has announced the launch of 24/7 Samurai-Showdown, a FAST channel that delivers action-packed sword fights and high-flying ninja acrobatics 24 hours a day. Wiewers in the US can stream the 24/7 Samurai-Showdown channel for free on Prime Video and experience […]

Paramount+, the SVoD service from Paramount, has announced a new deal in Japan with OTT service, Lemino, operated by Japanese telco, NTT Docomo. Through the deal, viewers in the market will be able to access Paramount+ via Lemino Channel, which is available as an à la carte subscription on the platform for a monthly fee […]