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On February 27, 2014, Nippon TV acquired the Japanese division of Hulu, Hulu Japan. [21] [22] [23] They started airing more programs exclusively to Hulu following its acquisition, which was later criticized from viewers. [24] In 2015, Nippon TV (alongside the other 4 commercial broadcasters in Japan) launched TVer, its free on-demand service. [25]
While there are a handful of local and regional channels in the United States with primarily Japanese programming, TV Japan was, for much of its history, the only such channel available nationwide in both the U.S. and Canada. (A modified version of Nippon Television launched through DirecTV in 2019, and on Telus Optik TV in western Canada in ...
With DirecTV retiring from the Japanese market in March 2000, ... Nippon TV launched a free service that allowed viewers to watch programs online up to a week after ...
Nippon TV, one of Japan’s entertainment groups, has struck a deal to license 30 drama and entertainment titles to Netflix for play across Asia, outside Japan. The company is the owner of rival ...
Studio Ghibli and broadcaster Nippon TV have made a joint announcement that the latter will acquire the former, with Ghibli becoming a subsidiary of Nippon TV. The broadcaster will receive 42.3% ...
Nippon TV, a leading Japanese entertainment company, has licensed 13 of its most popular anime titles to Netflix to stream non-exclusively around the world. The first titles to start streaming on ...
The pay TV business of the group dates to 1994, when Japan Digital Broadcast Service was founded (under the temporary name "DMC Planning"). It began the PerfecTV! pay TV service in 1996. Japan Sky Broadcasting ("JSkyB") was founded in 1996 and merged with JDBS in 1998. In 2000 it acquired the Japan business of DirecTV. [3]
As the pay-TV sector continues its downward spiral, DirecTV and Dish Network — two longtime rivals that have explored joining up at various times for years — may be headed to the altar.