Corporate Profile Movies, Music, Sports, Anime - Entertainment Comes in Many Forms
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www.wowow.co.jp Corporate Profile Movies, music, sports, anime - entertainment comes in many forms. The red of burning passion, the blue of the clear sky, energetic orange, Entertainment has more than one color. bewitching purple, sorrowful black - all of these can be found in WOWOW. As long as there is expression in humanity, to deliver excitement to the whole world, we aim to be a comprehensive entertainment and media group. Becoming a comprehensive entertainment and media group All entertainment in every form WOWOW started broadcasting in 1991 as the first private satellite broadcasting ■Delivering WOWOW appeal through a variety of media station in Japan, and for the past quarter As the ways people enjoy TV diversify, so do too the ways to enjoy WOWOW. of a century has been a frontrunner in Accessibility through various media is one of WOWOW's strengths. pay TV. With WOWOW PRIME, LIVE, CINEMA and WOWOW MEMBERS ON Customers DEMAND, we are delivering Japanese BS and international entertainment gems on TV and other devices. CS In the past few years, changes in lifestyle ● SKY PerfecTV! have diversified how people enjoy video content. We are responding to these CATV changing customer needs by evolving ● Cable TV providers our services. We will produce unique content that sets WOWOW apart from IPTV T V・P C・T A B L E T the competition. As a group of top ● Platform providers ● Telecommunications SMARTPHONE producers, we will lead Japan's creativity operators and give birth to new expression. We will also work with creators inside and WEB outside the country to offer to offer fresh surprises and emotion to Japan and the rest of the world. Monthly subscription fee: 2,300 yen (excluding) By continuing to create value that only WOWOW PRIME (ch. 191) + WOWOW LIVE (ch. 192) + WOWOW CINEMA (ch. 193) + WOWOW MEMBERS ON DEMAND + Monthly program guide WOWOW Group can provide, we will contribute to developing a rich society and culture, and grow into a ■Maximizing WOWOW Group Synergy comprehensive entertainment and media We will evolve into a place where outstanding entertainment is gathered, offering fresh surprises and emotion. group that is trusted, loved and needed Aiming for its own platform, WOWOW will manage the group in a new way. by society. I hope you will continue to expect much from us. Evolved marketing The frontline of sales and marketing Evolved services New value based on Enhanced customer base strength in video Increased membership distribution to TV receivers by partnering with WOWOW pay TV President Akira Tanaka Evolved content The core of content production technology Only the highest peaks of every type of enter tainment Select entertainment from the world and original programs that can only be seen on WOWOW - available on-demand. With quality entertainment, we make viewers’ days colorful. Flagship Programs 3 full hi-vision channels + On Demand A live channel delivering the A 24-hour movie channel WOWOW's main channel for A program distribution service emotion and excitement of with 700 first broadcasts select programming available anytime, anywhere being in the moment per year AMPAS. From © Original Dramas Serial Drama W: Plage - Wake Ari Bakari no Sharehouse. Serial Drama W: Miyazawa Kenji no Shokutaku. Serial Drama W: Chinmoku Hotei. Serial Drama W: Akira to Akira 2017 The Recording2017 Academy © Music The 89th Academy Awards Ceremony: Broadcast From the 88th Feb Academy 2017. Awards Ceremony. Image Group LA / the 70th Awards Tony Ceremony. Getty Images The 59th Grammy Awards Ceremony. From the 58th Grammy Awards Ceremony. GettyImages / GRAMMY®, GRAMMYs®, GRAMMY Awards®, and the gramophone logo are registeredare used trademarks under license. of The Recording Academy® and ONE OK ROCK 2017: AmbitionsONE OK ROCK 2017: JAPAN TOUR. Photography: Kazuro Aoki. Chick Corea Solo Piano 1982 ROCK Ed Sheeran IN JAPAN FESTIVAL London 2017. Wembley Stadium 2015 Kimi no Na Wa: First broadcast Nov 2017 (rebroadcast scheduled from 2018) ©2016 Kimi no Na Wa Production Committee. Shin Godzilla: First broadcast Jul 2017 (rebroadcast scheduled from 2018) 2016 Toho Co., Ltd. Miracle on the Hudson: First broadcast Jul 2017 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. © © Gray's Anatomy 13: Broadcast Apr 2017 ABC Studios Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Broadcast Dec 2017 TM & Lucasfilm Ltd. © © Awards Movies Twin Peaks: The Return: Broadcast July 2017. Twin Peaks ©Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. Foreign Dramas All rights reserved. Criminal Minds 12: Broadcast Sep 2017 © ABC Studios Animation © Warner Music Media Berserk Berserk Vatican Kiseki Chosakan Production Committee Vatican Kiseki Chosakan Nonfiction W: Out in Japan. Photographed by Leslie Kee outinjapan.com Nonfiction W: Tale of Tales by Yuriy Norshteyn Animation no Kamisama - Owaranai Chosen Walt Disney: The Man Behind the Myth. © Broadcast Mar 2017. MMI, MMXVI The Walt Disney Family Foundation. All rights reserved. Kentaro Miura (studio painting). Hakusensha / Berserk Production Committee Documentaries BBC Earth. Broadcast Aug 2017. Photography: Shutterstock / Everst GraCon / Design talseN © 2017 Rin Fujiki2017 / THORES Shibamoto / KADOKAWA / Tennis Grand Slam: Getty Images, AP / Afro. Excite Match - World Professional Boxing ©NAOKI FUKUDA. LPGA Women's Golf Tour: Getty Images Takarazuka Premiere: Sagiri Seina Taidan Special ©Takarazuka Revue ©Takarazuka Creative Arts. NODA • MAP: Ashiato Hime - Jidai Sakugo Sports Spain Soccer Liga / Espanola: Afro / Getty Images. Rugby - French League Top 14: Getty Images Theater Fuyu Yurei Metropolitan Opera Donizetti: Roberto Devereux - MET Live Viewing ©Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera WOWOW Originals WOWOW's quality-first original productions offer unique expression that is highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad. These are dramas, movies, documentaries and more. We will continue to produce entertainment of every color. Drama W was started in 2003 with a vision to create dramas that deliver true Original documentary series that began broadcasting in 2009 as nonfiction entertainment value and push the envelope in terms of quality. WOWOW Original Documentaries entertainment to stimulate intellectual curiosity, their quality has been appreciated Drama W In April 2008, based on the concept of Drama W, Serial Drama W was started to deliver both in Japan and abroad and won numerous awards including International original content that viewers can watch continuously. Serial Drama W Nonfiction W Emmy Awards and Japan Broadcast Culture Awards. Since then, high-quality original dramas have emerged one after another. Nonfiction W The Man Who Shot Hiroshima Arts Programming category at 44th International Emmy Awards, Top Award for Educational TV Show in Programming category at 2016 Japan Broadcast Culture Awards Serial Drama W The Unbroken Excellence Award in Drama Series category at Tokyo Drama Awards 2016, September 2016 Monthly Award at Galaxy Awards, Excellence Award for TV Drama in Program category at 2017 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards ©Photo by Sukita ©Mayol family archive Nonfiction W Nonfiction W The Kyoto David Bowie Loved DOLPHIN MAN Special Screening at 30th Tokyo International Film Festival Serial Drama W Serial Drama W Pandora THE FLYING TIRE Excellence Award for TV Drama in Program category at 2008 Grand Prix for TV Drama in Program category at 2009 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards, Grand Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards, Grand Prix/Screenwriter Award/Director Award in Drama Series Prix in Drama category at 26th ATP Award TV Grand Prix 2009, Nonfiction W category at Tokyo Drama Awards 2008, April 2008 Monthly Excellence Award in Drama Series category at Tokyo Drama Award at Galaxy Awards Awards 2009 Yonghi Yang - Reaching Out Across Borders With Films - WOWOW × TBS co-production MOZU ©Wim Wenders 2013 Photo: Brigitte Lacombe Excellence Award in Drama Series category at Tokyo Drama Awards 2014, Best Supporting Actor Award (Kotaro Yoshida) in Actor category in Individual Awards (MOZU Season 1: "Mozu no Sakebu Yoru"), Special Award at Kitakyushu Film Commission International co-production International co-production (MOZU Season 1: "Mozu no Sakebu Yoru"), July 2014 Monthly Award at Galaxy Awards (MOZU Season 2: "Maboroshi no Tsubasa") Cathedrals of Culture A 50 Year Argument WOWOW/ARTE/rbb WOWOW/HBO/BBC Grand Prize for Television at 9th Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards, Honorable Mention in Documentary category Berlinale Special Category at 64th Berlin International Film Official screening at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival at 30th ATP Award TV Grand Prix 2013 Festival World Premiere Screening WOWOW Newcomer The WOWOW Scenario Grand Prize, which discovers excellent scenario works, contributes to ©Ono Natsume/Shogakkan ©2016 WOWOW/HoriPro developing motion picture culture by nurturing screenwriters, and was established to get their Serial Drama W Serial Drama W Serial Drama W Scenario Grand Prize works onscreen, had its 10th year in 2016 and was reborn as the WOWOW Newcomer Good-Good; My Cat, My Love FUTAGASHIRA(Co-Heads) COLD CASE JAPAN Discovering and nurturing excellent Scenario Grand Prize in 2017. By developing talent in this way, WOWOW is also working to screenwriters aiming to go professional, raise the level of the entire motion picture industry and create even better entertainment. November 2014 Monthly Award at Galaxy Awards, Finalist in Drama category at ABU Awards Honorable Mention for TV Drama in Program category and revealing new entertainment potential at Hoso Bunka Foundation