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

10,343

Headquarters

Japan

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

State Owned

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

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