NKB[J], the transit ad agency running well-known restaurant guide Gourmet Navigator(Gournavi) on the web, is now discussing in-subway 1-seg TV service (refer to these stories about 1-seg) with Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for obtaining a TV station license. The company expects the service will be provided in subway trains running, at subway… Continue reading Gourmet Navigator Plans 1-Seg TV Service For Mobile On Tokyo Subways
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Softbank Mobile to Release 1-seg TV tuner for iPhone
Softbank Mobile announced today to release 1-seg digital TV tuner device for iPhone in the middle of December. The 80-gram device provides the feature of TV over WiFi (converting TV signal received to IP-based data for iPhone) and doubles as a battery extender. Three hours continuous TV viewing is available. Price is not announced so… Continue reading Softbank Mobile to Release 1-seg TV tuner for iPhone
Avex and NTT DoCoMo Launch TV Station Exclusively For Cellphone Users
On Friday, a joint venture of the Tokyo-based emerging music company Avex Group and Japan’s largest cellphone operator NTT DoCoMo, Avex Broadcasting & Communications Inc. launched a TV service called BeeTV[J], which is fully designed for cellphone handsets viewing. Unlike 1-seg TV service using a segment in terrestrial digital broadcast wave to carry visual and… Continue reading Avex and NTT DoCoMo Launch TV Station Exclusively For Cellphone Users
NHK Broadcasts Lunch Time TV Program For Cellphone
1-seg (one-seg) is a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service in Japan. Usually it airs the same programs simultaneously with the land-based TV channels do. In March, Japan’s state-run TV/radio broadcaster NHK started broadcasting the 1-seg programs in weekday’s lunch time, specifically designed for office workers having their lunch break. The programming is… Continue reading NHK Broadcasts Lunch Time TV Program For Cellphone
NTT DoCoMo Buys 51% Stake in Japan’s 4th Largest Informercial Company
Japan’s largest cellphone career, NTT DoCoMo announced it has agreed to buy 51% stake for approx. USD310M in the country’s 4th largest TV infomercial company based in Nagoya, Oak Lawn Marketing(OLM). OLM was co-founded by a Chicagoese and university graduate who visited Nagoya in 1989. The company is best known for selling a German stain remover… Continue reading NTT DoCoMo Buys 51% Stake in Japan’s 4th Largest Informercial Company
iPhone TV (finally) comes to Japan
As we reported on October, Softbank, No.3 cellphone carrier sells iPhone in Japan, start selling a specially designed iPhone peripheral for Japanese customers who think cellphone must have TV tuner. This tuner and external battery combo is sold at 7 Softbank shops since the end of 2008. It will be officially available nationwide on January… Continue reading iPhone TV (finally) comes to Japan
Oshaberi TV: Like Nico Nico Douga (almost) for digital TV programs
After 2 years of development, a new communication service called Oshaberi TV went into Public Beta this month (Oshaberi means talkative in Japanese). Oshaberi TV is not a TV station or program but a mix of a new technology reminiscent of Nico Nico Douga‘s super-successful “chat over video feed” function and community/forum. Essentially, Oshaberi enables… Continue reading Oshaberi TV: Like Nico Nico Douga (almost) for digital TV programs