The Pinkfong Company, the global entertainment company behind Baby Shark, has announced the establishment of its fifth global office in Tokyo, Japan, following its existing operations in Los Angeles, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. This strategic expansion into Japan will capitalize on Pinkfong’s robust intellectual property portfolio to expand media distribution channels, produce live performances, […]

BBC Studios has announced that beloved animated series Bluey will broadcast more widely across Japan with TV Tokyo set to launch the series onto additional television networks from April. The series will be available to watch across the six TXN Networks including TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido and TV Kyushuwhich […]

Brightcove, the intelligent video engagement company, has announced the appointment of Takayuki Tadokoro as Country Manager of Brightcove Japan. “Takayuki Tadokoro brings more than 35 years of experience focusing on the streaming industry and equipping customers with solutions to grow their business,” said Jim Norton, Chief Revenue Officer at Brightcove. “Tadokoro’s experience leading teams in […]

Japan’s Fuji Media Holdings has held an emergency board meeting after 80 advertisers, including the likes of Toyota, McDonald’s, 7-Eleven and SoftBank, said they would pull adverts from its TV channel. The company is accused of failing to respond adequately to a sex scandal involving Masahiro Nakai, a 52-year-old former star in the boyband SMAP, […]

Nippon TV, the Japanese multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, has announced that Hiroyuki Fukuda, former Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, has been promoted to Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Nippon TV. He replaces Akira Ishizawa who will now serve as the Representative Director of the newly established Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corporation. […]

Japan’s NHK public broadcaster is in trouble for the third year running suffering from a shortfall in licence fee payments. NHK’s 2025 fiscal year will post a deficit of some 40 billion Yen (€245m) according to The Japan Times. While this is a major shortfall, the sum is an improvement on the 2024 position which […]

On January 4th and 5th, TrillerTV will celebrate its 10th anniversary of delivering live streaming content with the Wrestle Kingdom 19 and Wrestle Dynasty events, from New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), live from the Tokyo Dome. Ten years ago, TrillerTV and NJPW first paired up to Live Stream Wrestle Kingdom 9, catapulting TrillerTV (then known as […]

Japanese anime achieved record-breaking revenues in 2023, expanding its cultural influence worldwide. According to Parrot Analytics, anime generated $19.8 billion (€91.01bn) in total global revenue, including $5.5 billion from streaming and $14.3 billion from merchandising sales, underscoring its significant economic and cultural impact worldwide. Parrot Analytics and AJA have collaborated to enrich the Anime Industry […]

Reality competition format, Lego Masters, has been renewed for a second season by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) in Japan, following a deal with Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment. TBS will produce and broadcast a five-part second season of the format to premiere on its network Channel 6 and streaming platforms TVer […]

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its first Japan focused industry event, Japan in View, on October 29th at the Andaz Tokyo, bringing together over 130 international and regional players from across the video and streaming industry. The conference opened and dove straight into the streaming potential of Japan, with Shinjiro Ninagawa, Executive Managing […]