Media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay Entertainment, today announces a partnership with Japan’s largest entertainment group Yoshimoto, the creators of global phenomenon, LOL: Last One Laughing. The deal brings the global format rights to long-running comedic challenge spectacle You Laugh You Lose, into Banijay Entertainment’s extensive portfolio, with the group now set to lead adaptations across […]
Nippon TV, the Japanese multiplatform entertainment studio, has announced the launch of Viral Pocket, a new division focused on the expanding vertical video market. Hirofumi Tanaka, President, Content Strategy, Nippon TV, commented: “The momentum behind content born on social platforms has become extraordinary, continually giving rise to new cultural movements and trends. At Nippon TV, […]
Nippon TV and FOR-A America have announced the world’s first deployment of viztrick AiDi—an on-device AI solution developed by Nippon TV. NBC Sports will use the real-time AI solution during coverage of several live events, starting in 2026. AiDi delivers real-time player tracking, face tagging, object recognition, 2.5D telestration, auto-score graphics, and motion data analytics—without […]
Nippon TV, Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment company, has announced its first-ever partnership with CJ ENM, a leading entertainment company in Korea, for the co-production of a new cross-cultural romantic comedy drama series titled Merry Berry Love (working title). The series follows a down-on-his-luck spatial designer and a strawberry farmer as they find love on a remote […]
Nippon TV, the Japanese broadcaster, has named PubMatic, an independent technology company delivering a digital advertising supply chain, as a Premier Partner for Sugree, its programmatic TV advertising platform. Nippon TV reaches more than 100 million monthly active users (MAU) each month through a range of popular entertainment, news, sports, and drama programming. By aligning […]
Nippon Television Music, the music publishing arm of Japan’s leading multi-platform entertainment powerhouse Nippon TV and a subsidiary of Nippon Television Holdings, has announced the appointment of Kako Kuwahara as its new President and CEO. She replaces Akihiro Shimizu, who has been appointed as President of Tipness, also a subsidiary of Nippon Television Holdings, that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nippon TV, Japan’s multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, has announced that the company will attend this year’s London TV Screenings and plans to exhibit at the inaugural MIP London by offering two new scripted formats and one new unscripted format to the international buyers in attendance. The announcement was made today by Yoko Takashima, Associate Managing Director, […]
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. […]