Tokyo - NHK will commence a new Hybridcast service on September 2, 2013, featuring collaborative operations between broadcasting and communications. The NHK Hybridcast service combines programmes broadcast over the airwaves with broadband data to provide a variety of services to viewers owning a Hybridcast service-enabled TV.As a first phase in the service, Hybridcast Home Screen will be introduced in September, enabling the display of breaking news, weather forecasts, … [Read more...] about NHK Hybridcast service debuts September 2013
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NHK WORLD TV debuts on the Opera TV Store
Oslo, Norway and Tokyo - NHK WORLD TV, the 24/7 English-language channel for Japan’s largest broadcaster, NHK, is now live on the Opera TV Store app platform, enabling viewers to live-stream the station’s entertainment content. The free NHK WORLD TV app for connected TVs allows audiences to access news, documentaries, music, cooking programmes, fashion trends, technology insights and more. The Opera TV Store, by Opera Software, brings viewers a variety of HTML5-based apps … [Read more...] about NHK WORLD TV debuts on the Opera TV Store
NHK WORLD TV to start 24-hour broadcast in L.A.
Tokyo - On August 5, 2013, NHK WORLD TV will start round-the-clock broadcasting in the Los Angeles area. The English-language channel from Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, will be made available to about 3.3-million homes in and around Los Angeles. This will bring NHK WORLD TV’s 24-hour broadcast to more than ten million homes in the U.S., about 1.4 times as many as before. The broadcast will be distributed by KCETLink, an independent public broadcasting … [Read more...] about NHK WORLD TV to start 24-hour broadcast in L.A.
BBC to air NHK’s “Giant Squid”
Tokyo - NHK's Legends of the Deep: Giant Squid will air on BBC2 on July 13. Viewers in the UK will be able to enjoy the programme in a Natural World special entitled Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible. The programme was licensed through NHK affiliate NHK Enterprises. The documentary is about the largest-ever international quest to capture the legendary giant squid on film in its natural habitat. A team of scientists and crew from NHK and Discovery U.S. … [Read more...] about BBC to air NHK’s “Giant Squid”
NHK dramas to air in Myanmar
Tokyo – The NHK morning serial drama Carnation and the historical drama series Atsuhime will be aired from mid-July in Myanmar. They will be the first NHK dramas to air on terrestrial television in Myanmar since the transition from military to civilian rule in 2011. The telecasts are part of a project involving Japan International Broadcasting Inc. (JIB) and a commercially operated satellite broadcaster, Myanmar National TV (MNTV). The two NHK dramas will be screened on the … [Read more...] about NHK dramas to air in Myanmar
NHK to showcase 8K SUPER Hi-VISION content at Cannes Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan – Japanese public broadcaster NHK says it will be holding a public screening of content in its cutting-edge SUPER Hi-VISION (8K) format at the Cannes Film Festival set to be held next month. The screening will include the highlight of the first 8K narrative comedy short film Beauties À La Carte directed by the Toshio Lee based on an original story by Kundo Koyama. NHK began developing the SUPER Hi-VISION (8K) in 1995 and has 7,680 by 4,320 pixels — four times the … [Read more...] about NHK to showcase 8K SUPER Hi-VISION content at Cannes Film Festival
