Tokyo - The Fuji Television and Nippon Television networks have inked a deal to each take 7 percent stakes in Gyao, a free-video portal whose corporate parent is Yahoo!. Yahoo!, which currently owns a 51 percent stake in Gyao, has agreed to buy an additional 14 percent in the portal from broadband powerhouse Usen to maintain its majority stake after Fuji TV and NTV's acquistion goes through in mid-September. In partnership with Yahoo!, Fuji TV and NTV plan to offer pay services while building … [Read more...] about Fuji, Nippon ink 7 percent share in free-video portal
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Fuji TV to debut web and mobile on-demand TV service
Tokyo – Fuji TV will launch Fuji On-Demand, its new on-demand TV service on the Internet on April 1, 2008, extending the service to mobile from April 7, 2008. Targeting to meet changing demands of viewers, Fuji TV initiated the service to replace its earlier collaborative efforts with Internet service providers to offer webcasts. Fuji On-Demand is offering some 30 programmes including professional baseball and horse racing, and will premiere new shows including 24, anime Skullman adapted … [Read more...] about Fuji TV to debut web and mobile on-demand TV service