Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK), also known as the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan's public broadcaster, established in 1925. Initially offering radio services, NHK expanded to television in 1953. As a state-owned entity under the Japan Consortium, it employs approximately 10,350 people and generated over $1 billion in revenue in 2022. NHK's funding comes from a television reception fee levied on households owning television sets, a system intended to ensure its independence from government and private influence.

2022 Revenue

Founded

1926

Headcount

1,636

Headquarters

Japan

Primary Segment

Media and TV services

Ownership

State Owned

Deployments

2

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Nihon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) offers 8 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Nihon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)'s product portfolio comprises of media and TV services and broadcast television and radio.
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Nihon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)'s revenues were over $1B in 2023. Caretta Research has split Nihon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)'s revenue into 4 different product categories, the largest of which is video streaming. For full access to Nihon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)'s revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Nihon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) currently holds 22 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including triathlon, curling, cycling, winter sports, sumo wrestling, motorsports, climbing, multi-sport, tennis, baseball, soccer | association football, basketball, ice hockey and aquatics and swimming.

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