Hulu established its Tokyo subsidiary on August 10. On the announcement, the service launch in Japan was told “later this year”, but it seems they are speeding up. It took only 3 weeks for Japanese version launch. Hulu’s English official blog tells the launch both in English and Japanese today, August 31st in US time,… Continue reading Hulu Japan Starts – First International Extension
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Two Broadband Video Streaming Sites To Be Merged To Survive
Yahoo Japan[J] announced Tuesday it would buy 51% stake in Gyao[J] which is the free broadband video streaming service and has been wholly owned by Japan’s largest cable music broadcaster USEN. Yahoo Japan will buy Gyao’s 4,998 shares for USD5.3M, and merge Gyao and Yahoo Douga (Yahoo Japan’s free video streaming service) together this… Continue reading Two Broadband Video Streaming Sites To Be Merged To Survive