NHK World Premium is a TV news and entertainment broadcasting service offered by
NHK World-Japan
NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-service broadcasters, ...
, the international arm of Japan's public broadcaster
NHK
, also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee.
NHK ope ...
. The service is aimed towards
Japanese Diaspora and the overseas market, similar to worldwide national channels such as
CCTV-4,
KBS World
KBS World () is the international broadcasting division of the South Korean broadcast television network Korean Broadcasting System. The division operates KBS World TV, KBS World Radio, and .
History
The foreign-language radio broadcast from ...
,
TV5Monde,
TVE Internacional,
RTP Internacional,
TV Chile,
Rai Italia or
RTR-Planeta, and broadcast through subscription TV providers around the world.
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 BS, NHK BS Premium 4K, and
NHK BS8K).
The service is marketed as a pay satellite or cable TV channel with that name across Asia Pacific, Africa (Except North Africa Arabic Speaking Countries) & Latin America (South, Middle, Caribbean). In Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the service is broadcast via the streaming provider toober.com and other pay TV operators (
Cable
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and
Satellite
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), after
JSTV ceased transmission on October 31, 2023, and in North America, it is broadcast via the streaming provider Jme after
TV Japan closed on March 31, 2024.
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 for Newscast Only).
Content restrictions
Some content, especially footage of sporting events, is blocked from the channel due to copyright restrictions, as NHK only holds the rights within Japan. The footage is replaced by either a still graphic from the channel or, in the case of sporting events, still photographs, though in early years it was limited to a black screen with the blocking message superimposed.
Programmes
*''Food'' (carry Fod listed as
BBC Japan)
* ''
AKB48 Show!''
* ''Everyday Tips''
* ''Fudoki''
* ''Fun with English''
* ''Go Focus''
* ''
Good Morning, Japan''
* ''International News Report''
* ''
The JFA Emperor's Cup Show!''
* ''Mini Program''
* ''Morning Market''
* ''News'' (carry news from
NHK General TV
, abbreviated on-screen as NHK G, is the main television service of NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster. Its programming includes news, drama, quiz/variety shows, music, sports, anime, and specials which compete directly with the output of its co ...
)
* ''News & Weather'' (from NHK General TV)
* ''
News Watch 9''
* ''NHK News'' (carry news from NHK BS 1 which usually airs at 50 minutes past the hour)
* ''
NHK News 7''
* ''NHK Premap'' (program highlights)
* ''
Nippon Professional Baseball
is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball".
The roots of the league ...
''
* ''
Kōhaku Uta Gassen
, more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK net ...
''
* ''Science for Everyone''
* ''
Shounen Club''
* ''Sports Plus''
* ''
Utacon''
* ''
With Mother''
* ''World Weather''
Internet service
NHK World Premium programs and contents are available online but for the linear channel, which mostly aired NHK titles including live events, were available on selected countries, including Asian countries outside Japan. Following the termination of the European satellite service
JSTV, on October 31, 2023, NHK World Premium is now available in Europe as an Internet broadcast offered vi
toober Meanwhile in North America, following the closure of
TV Japan, they moved most of TV Japan titles to their streaming platform , which include NHK World Premium and Jme Select, which resemble the similarity to their former TV Japan linear channel.
See also
*
NHK World
NHK World-Japan (formerly and also known simply as NHK World) is the international arm of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-service broadcasters, ...
*
NHK World TV
References
External links
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{{NHK
World Premium
International broadcasters
Japanese-language television stations
Cable television in Hong Kong
Television channels and stations established in 1998