Japan Digital TV News

Panasonic considering selling or scaling down TV business
Feb 4, 2025 – According to a Nikkei report, Panasonic's President Yuki Kusumi has said that the company will consider selling or scaling down its TV business as it pursues a group restructuring.
News categories: Panasonic, Yuki Kusumi, Digital TV, Japan, MandA, Smart TV, Worldwide

SKY Perfect JSAT releases end-2024 pay TV subscriber numbers
Jan 7, 2025 – SKY Perfect JSAT has released end-December 2024 subscriber numbers for its SKY PerfecTV! multichannel pay TV broadcast service and optical fiber based re-transmission service.
News categories: SKY Perfect JSAT, Eiichi Yonekura, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

TiVo OS footprint approaching one million activated Smart TVs
Nov 6, 2024 – Xperi (NYSE: XPER) has announced third quarter 2024 results. The footprint of the company's TiVo OS operating system is now approaching one million activated Smart TVs.
News categories: Xperi Inc, Jon Kirchner, Advertising, Automotive, Digital TV, Europe, Japan, Results, Smart TV, TV OS, USA

Japan's online video industry to increase at 7% CAGR
Oct 22, 2024 – Japan’s online video industry is set to grow at an 7% CAGR over the next five years, accounting for 45% of screen revenue by 2029 versus 35% in 2024, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Vivek Couto, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Streaming

Ads coming to Prime Video in Brazil, India, Japan, the Netherlands and New Zealand
Oct 15, 2024 – Amazon Ads has announced that it will introduce limited advertisements on Prime Video in Brazil, India, Japan, the Netherlands, and New Zealand in 2025.
News categories: Amazon Ads, Alan Moss, Advertising, Brazil, Digital TV, India, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Streaming

East Asia leading the world in subscription bundling
Oct 2, 2024 – More than a third of subscribers in East Asia now sign up to services exclusively via third-party bundles and offers, according to a survey from Bango of subscribers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
News categories: Bango, Andy Suzuki, Digital TV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Streaming, Taiwan

Japan SVOD market to rise to $5.6 billion in 2028
Aug 29, 2024 – Subscription video on demand (SVOD) service revenue in Japan is expected to increase at a CAGR of 6.8% from $4 billion in 2023 to $5.6 billion in 2028, according to GlobalData.
News categories: GlobalData, Kantipudi Pradeepthi, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Streaming

Xperi signs seventh TV partner to integrate TiVo OS
Aug 5, 2024 – In its 2nd quarter 2024 results Xperi (NYSE: XPER) announced that it has signed a seventh TiVo OS partner, a top 5 supplier of smart TVs in the U.S. market, with plans to launch TVs in 2025.
News categories: Xperi Inc, Jon Kirchner, Advertising, Automotive, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Japan, Results, Smart TV, TV OS, USA, Worldwide

YouTube and Instagram redefine video service popularity in 2024
Jun 20, 2024 – Omdia research has found that YouTube continues to dominate as the most popular video service globally, while Instagram has surged ahead of Netflix and TikTok in the USA.
News categories: Omdia, Maria Rua Aguete, Brazil, Digital TV, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Spain, Streaming, UK, USA