NHK World Premium

NHK World Premium is a TV news and entertainment broadcasting service offered by NHK World-Japan, the international arm of Japan's public broadcaster NHK. The service is aimed towards overseas Japanese and the overseas market, similar to worldwide national channels such as CCTV-4, KBS World, TV5Monde, TVE Internacional, RTP Internacional, TV Chile, Rai Italia or RTR Planeta, and broadcast through subscription TV providers around the world.

NHK World Premium
CountryJapan
Broadcast areaAsia Pacific, Africa (except North Africa), Latin America
SloganJapan, Closer To You (日本をいつもどこでも)
HeadquartersNHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Programming
Language(s)Japanese, English (certain programmes only)
Picture format16:9 480i (SDTV)
16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerNHK World-Japan
(NHK)
Sister channelsNHK General TV
NHK Educational TV
NHK BS 1
NHK BS Premium
NHK BS 4K
NHK BS 8K
NHK World-Japan
History
LaunchedJuly 23, 2006
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

The purpose of NHK World Premium is to make original, general television content produced by NHK available to an international audience. It provides a mixture of news, sports and entertainment shows in Japanese language, all of which are simulcast or previously shown on NHK's domestic TV networks in Japan (NHK G, NHK E, NHK BS1, NHK BS Premium, NHK BS4K, and NHK BS8K).

The service is marketed as a pay satellite or cable TV channel with that name, except for in Europe and North America. In Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the service is broadcast under the brand name JSTV, and in the US and Canada, it is known as TV Japan. Unlike the regular NHK World Premium service, both JSTV and TV Japan offer some additional programming from other major Japanese TV broadcasters such as TV Tokyo or Fuji TV, in addition to NHK's own shows. Contents generally do not carry English subtitles or dubbing, while a few of them, especially news, have bilingual audio (a feature kept from their original, domestic broadcast in Japan, where it is offered as well).

Programmes

Internet service

NHK World Premium programs and contents are available online but Linear Channel Available on Selected Countries Territory Apply.

See also

References
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