A spectacular marine documentary, captured in 8K UHD by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, has won an IBC Innovation Award at the 2025 event. NHK’s Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth, which successfully filmed the world’s-first video images of a group of coelacanths and their behaviour indicative of reproduction using 8K HDR and 22.2 multichannel surround […]
A number of Japanese broadcasters are leaving the high-profile BS4K direct broadcasting platform. The satellite platform charges a premium fee over and above the normal TV licence fee. Only three channels remain, including public broadcaster NHK and shopping channels. The five major channels (described locally as part of the BS5 consortium) and named as Nippon […]
International distributor Bomanbridge Media and kids’ media powerhouse, Sinking Ship Entertainment, have announced key broadcast sales in Asian territories for the new children’s series of Dino Dex and Odd Squad UK. An adventure-packed series, Dino Dex (13 x 22’), has been acquired by broadcasters Youku in China and Japan’s NHK, which has licensed the series […]
Visitors to Japanese public broadcaster NHK and its NHK Labs R&D division’s Tech Expo 2025 (opening May 26th) can take an early look at some of the company’s broadcasting developments. Top of the list is NHK’s Scene-adaptive camera. When capturing wide field-of-view footage like 360-degree videos, you often encounter various subjects in bright, dark, or […]
NHK public broadcaster, and in particular its Science and Technology Research Laboratories (STRL), has succeeded in developing a real-time multi-layer video encoder which is compatible to the international video coding standard VVC (Versatile Video Coding). The development will enable people to watch two (or more) different types of content through one broadcasting channel. This is […]
Canadian independent producer Go Button Media has announced that it is in production on a second 6 x 60’ season of its popular series, The Animal Within. This series represents the second greenlight from its latest 36-hour slate deal with partners Autentic, a leading international distributor and producer of high-quality factual content, and Super Channel, […]
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 […]
One of Japan public broadcaster NHK’s regional stations, NHK Obihiro, is cooperating with Taiwanese public broadcaster PTS on a documentary following the launch of the first Taiwanese rocket which will take off from Hokkaido in Japan. The rocket launch by Taiwan Innovative Space (TiSpace) is scheduled for spring 2025. It will be the first-ever Taiwanese […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has won three awards at an event in Istanbul held by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The prizes were won in three categories. The ABU Perspective Award went to a documentary in the broadcaster’s ‘Frontiers’ strand and was for ‘How Smart is AI?’ It examined the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has linked six universities, including Harvard in the US and five prestigious Japanese universities, to enable some 150 students and their professors to examine in fascinating 8K Ultra High-Definition detail a tiny national treasure from Horyuji Temple, Japan’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. The treasure, along with another 11 extremely special […]