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Nico Nico Douga Hits 28 Million Users, Generates US$46 Million In Sales Last Quarter

Nico Nico Douga, Japan’s answer to YouTube, is still growing nicely, five years after launch. Dwango, the Tokyo-based company behind the popular service, released its financial report [PDF] for the last nine months (ending in June 2012). And according to the report, Nico Nico (the company’s most important asset) reached 28.08 million users in June.… Continue reading Nico Nico Douga Hits 28 Million Users, Generates US$46 Million In Sales Last Quarter

Nico Nico Douga Hits 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers

Japanese online video sharing service Nico Nico Douga has got 1.5 million paid subscribers on January 3, 2012. Nico Nico Douga, with its unique overlay user-generated comments, is known by users’ videos, but recently it airs programs from TV and movie as well both in free and paid channels. Nico Nico Premium Membership costs 525… Continue reading Nico Nico Douga Hits 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers

Nico Nico Douga Turns Docomo Cellphone To A Remote Controller

Nico Nico Douga, Japanese popular video sharing service, released a feature phone app Nico Nico Remocon(=remote controller) [J] for Docomo feature phone. The app makes your cellphone be a controller of your playing movie on Nico Nico Douga on your PC. The app is available as a free option for premium member (over million users… Continue reading Nico Nico Douga Turns Docomo Cellphone To A Remote Controller

Fatboy Slim Experiences How Nico Nico Douga Overlay Comment Works

Popular English DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim appeared on a special program on Nico Nico Namahousou(Nico Nico Live) [J], user generated videocast service on June 2 to promote Big Beach Festival’11 Chiba, which was also aired on Nico Nico Namahousou. Nico Nico News reported [J] how he enjoyed real time communication with his Japanese… Continue reading Fatboy Slim Experiences How Nico Nico Douga Overlay Comment Works

Nicofarre – Nico Nico Douga To Reincarnate Legendary Roppongi Disco

Nico Nico Douga, Japanese online movie sharing service which differentiates itself against YouTube with comments overlay-display, announced some news [J] at its first user conference in oversea, Taipei, Taiwan [zh]. One of the news is that Nico Nico Douga is planning to open a nightclub with 5 huge LED wallscreens with projecting its movies and… Continue reading Nicofarre – Nico Nico Douga To Reincarnate Legendary Roppongi Disco

English Guide For Nico Nico Douga, Part 2: How To Use

We explained how to register for Japanese video sharing site Nico Nico Douga in English here (click here for a list of all Nico Nico articles we’ve written so far). This quick guide should explains Nico Nico’s main features and how to actually get around the site (ignore our older guide). Nico Nico has changed… Continue reading English Guide For Nico Nico Douga, Part 2: How To Use

English Guide For Nico Nico Douga, Part 1: How To Register

It’s been a while since we explained how English speaking users can set up an account for Japan’s super-popular video sharing site Nico Nico Douga (click here for a list of all Nico Nico articles we’ve written so far). A few things changed in the registration process, which is why we thought it’s a good… Continue reading English Guide For Nico Nico Douga, Part 1: How To Register

Nico Nico Douga Turns In The Black In Full-year Result And Plans New Office In Harajuku

Dwango[J], the parent of the company running Japan’s largest video sharing site Nico Nico Douga[J], announced its full-year consolidated financial statements (Oct. 2009 thru Sep. 2010) last week, which showed us Nico Nico Douga had turned in the black for the first time in their full-year result.   (In their monthly earnings, it already turned in… Continue reading Nico Nico Douga Turns In The Black In Full-year Result And Plans New Office In Harajuku

In Japan, Freemium Works. Nico Nico Douga paid member user base passes 500k

One of the big differences between the web in Japan versus America or Europe is the way sites are being monetized. Generally speaking, the level of acceptance for the freemium model seems to be higher among Japanese users. As a ballpark number, it’s safe to say that usually between five and 15 percent of users… Continue reading In Japan, Freemium Works. Nico Nico Douga paid member user base passes 500k

Nico Nico Jikkyo, Long Awaited Chat Over TV Programme

Nico Nico Jikkyo (Jikkyo originally means “live state” in Japanese, but in this case, abbreviated form of Jikkyo-Chukei, “play-by-play broadcasting”) is a newly introduced service by Dwango, who runs Japan’s most popular online video service Nico Nico Douga. Nico Nico Jikkyo introduced a client application for Windows, which shows the similar layout with Nico Nico… Continue reading Nico Nico Jikkyo, Long Awaited Chat Over TV Programme