Spotify gets visual in a new TV Tokyo show about podcasting
Spotify dips its toe into broadcast television with a new show that will either be a boon for podcasts or chain restaurants.
Tokyo Olympics may be most profitable ever despite pandemic, NBC says
Though TV viewership has declined during recent games, NBC still makes money — reaping $250 million from the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Kim Jong Un calls K-pop a ‘vicious cancer’ in the new culture war
K-pop's growing influence has drawn the leader's ire. But even a dictator may have trouble holding back the tide.
The boom in homoerotic dramas is mostly fueled by demand from straight women and their growing interest in a more delicate form of masculinity.
32 Japanese bureaucrats punished over wining-and-dining scandal
Of the 32 officials, nine have been subjected to disciplinary action, including five who were given pay cuts. Another 23 have been reprimanded.
The deal bolsters Amazon Prime Video with some 4,000 films — including the James Bond franchise — and 17,000 television shows.
70% of broadcasters in Japan have no female executives, survey finds
Of the total of 1,797 executives at 127 commercial broadcasters, only 2.2%, or 40, were female, the results showed.
Actor Masakazu Tamura, star on TV and in film over 60-year career, dies at 77
Tamura's relatives held a funeral for the actor, a Kyoto native born into a showbusiness family, following his death on April 3, they said.
AT&T-Discovery deal highlights media's thirst to be like Netflix
Discovery brings a global footprint with its pan-European television sports network Eurosport, as well as a portfolio of broadcast channels across Europe.
AT&T prepares to merge media assets with Discovery in major strategy shift
The move, to combine Discovery’s reality-TV empire with AT&T’s vast media holdings, would be a surprise reversal and position the new firm to take on Netflix and Walt Disney.
Netflix gets ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Jumanji’ franchises in multiyear Sony deal
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, though previous reports suggest Sony was seeking as much as $250 million a year.
