NHK is happy to announce that NHK’s “Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth” was selected as the winner of the Content Creation category at the IBC Innovation Awards 2025. The program was filmed using 8K HDR and 22.2 multichannel surround sound. It is a co-production between NHK, ZDF/ARTE, OceanX and also technically supported by GOTO Aquatics, SGO, Restar.

The IBC Innovation Awards recognizes the best in collaborative efforts to develop new solutions to real-world technical challenges and to address social and environmental issues. NHK’s coelacanth program was nominated as one of the three finalists of the Content Creation category and the announcement of the win was made at the awards ceremony which took place at RAI Amsterdam on September 14, 2025.