The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will increase the target for Japan's annual broadcast program exports to ¥50 billion by fiscal 2020, according to informed sources. Exports of Japanese programs, including anime and drama series, have been surging. In fiscal 2015 their value jumped 58.0 ...
The chief executive of sports streaming service DAZN insists the problems that plagued the much-trumpeted launch of its J. League coverage have been fixed, and remains confident that it can revolutionize the way that Japanese fans watch sports. "We are disrupting, we are breaking new ...
NHK said Tuesday it plans to distribute programs of its two terrestrial television channels through the internet on a steady basis from 2019. Such simultaneous broadcasting on the internet is currently banned under the Broadcast Law. If NHK's plan is realized, it will require an amendment ...
Mike Tirico called the NFL, NBA, college basketball, golf and tennis among other sports in a quarter-century at ESPN to establish himself as one of TV's most versatile announcers. One of the few events not on ESPN: the Olympics. NBC owns those rights through 2032, ...
Joe Garagiola, who turned a modest major league catching career into a 57-year run as a popular broadcaster in the sports world and beyond, died Wednesday. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced his death before their exhibition game against San Francisco, and there murmurs ...
The Dodgers have hired a 27-year-old announcer to join their broadcast booth in 2016, which is expected to be Vin Scully's final season on the air. Joe Davis joins the Dodgers from Fox Sports, where he calls major league baseball and college football and basketball. ...
Standing in a small, sterile booth high above the turf at Memorial Stadium, David He's voice reaches a near-shout any time Illinois' football team makes a big play against Kent State. He is a Chinese student at the University of Illinois, and with partner Bruce ...
Milo Hamilton, a Hall of Fame broadcaster whose radio calls over six decades included 11 no-hitters and Hank Aaron's historic 715th home run in 1974, died on Thursday. He was 88. The Houston Astros announced the death of their longtime play-by-play man, well known for ...
Besides its main focus on competitive sports, the Olympics also offer an opportunity to boost the host nation's technology. Back in 1964 when Tokyo hosted its first Summer Games, color-TV sets were growing in popularity and eventually became a standard fixture in Japanese homes. Now ...
The Japan Sumo Association has just introduced a pay-per-view system for live streams of top tournaments. Costing $10 per day and $15 for the final day, or $120 for the entire tournament, the concept drew sharp criticism from overseas fans.
NHK, The Japan Times, 2channel, Nihon TV . . . Fox? Tokyoites look to a wide range of sources to sate their thirst for news.
The show "Dandarin" says a great deal about Japanese office politics and corporate practices that are long overdue some serious scrutiny.
