Tokyo, Japan– Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) will be heading to MIP 2016 with three new formats including Battle of the Homes, Love Liar and Celebrity Style Battle. Co-developed with Red Arrow, Battle of the Home fuses game show and reality with two neighbouring families competing in challenges in their own homes. Their lives are taken over for 48 hours as comic hosts spy into each fix-rigged home and spring four hilarious challenges at the most inconvenient moments. But … [Read more...] about Nippon TV heads to MIP
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Parasyte -the maxim-‘ invades Toonami
Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) announced that its highly-acclaimed anime series Parasyte -the maxim- is showing no signs of slowing down abroad. Sentai Filmworks announced during their Anime Expo 2015 panel that Parasyte -the maxim- is heading to Adult Swim, basic cable's #1 network with young adults for over a decade. According to Sentai Filmworks, “Humankind’s extinction begins this fall as Parasyte -the maxim- invades Toonami, the hugely popular Adult Swim … [Read more...] about Parasyte -the maxim-‘ invades Toonami
Death Note’ to stream in over 120 countries and regions
Nippon TV’s July drama series Death Note is set to broadcast and/or stream in over 120 countries and regions soon after each episode airs in Japan, setting a new record in the global breadth of distribution for Nippon TV dramas. In the U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Crunchyroll, a company that streams animations online, and Mperience, will make each episode available only a few days after airing in Japan. In Asia, Channel J, the South Korean cable channel, will broadcast the … [Read more...] about Death Note’ to stream in over 120 countries and regions
Nippon TV to remake ‘The Last Cop’
Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) has secured remake rights for Red Arrow International's hit drama format The Last Cop. The show has been commissioned by Hulu, the online video service in Japan operated by HJ Holdings, a fully-owned subsidiary of Nippon TV. The production is the first original drama to be commissioned by Hulu in Japan and will air on both Hulu and Nippon TV this early summer. The Japanese version sees acclaimed actor Toshiaki Karasawa play the lead role. His … [Read more...] about Nippon TV to remake ‘The Last Cop’
Sony Pictures and Nippon TV to launch Gem Asia
Singapore and Tokyo − Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks and Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) announced their agreement, subject to regulatory approval, to form a joint venture to launch GEM Asia, a new general entertainment channel for audiences across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. The pay-TV channel will feature first run and exclusive dramas, comedies and variety entertainment shows from Japan as well as other North Asian territories. GEM Asia, which will be … [Read more...] about Sony Pictures and Nippon TV to launch Gem Asia
Malaysia launch Travel Programme
Metropolitan TV Sdn. Bhd (hereunder, “8TV”) and Primeworks Studios Sdn. Bhd (hereunder, “Primeworks Studios”), both companies in Malaysia’s media group, Media Prima Berhad (hereunder, Media Prima), Nippon Television Network Corporation (hereunder, “Nippon TV”), and Sumitomo Corporation announced that the jointly produced railway travel television programme, Welcome To The Railworld Japan, will begin broadcasting in Malaysia from 15 January. Programme … [Read more...] about Malaysia launch Travel Programme
