NHK World Premium
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| Country | Japan |
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| Broadcast area | Asia Pacific, Africa, Latin America (South, Middle, Caribbean), Middle East, CIS, Europe |
| Headquarters | NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Japanese (Main audio) English (available on bilingual programs) |
| Picture format | 16:9 480i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NHK World-Japan (NHK World TV) |
| Sister channels | NHK General TV NHK Educational TV NHK BS NHK BS Premium 4K NHK BS8K NHK World TV |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 1998 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
NHK World Premium is a TV news and entertainment broadcasting service offered by NHK World-Japan, the international arm of Japan's public broadcaster NHK. The service is aimed towards overseas Japanese and the overseas market, similar to worldwide national channels such as CCTV-4, KBS World, 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 1, NHK BS Premium, NHK BS4K, 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), except for in Europe, North Africa and North America. In Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the service is broadcast via the streaming provider toober.com and other pay TV operators (Cable and Satellite), after JSTV ceased transmission on October 31, 2023, and in the North America, it is known as TV Japan. Unlike the regular NHK World Premium service, TV Japan offers some additional programming from other major Japanese TV broadcasters such as TV Tokyo or Fuji TV among others, in addition to Mostly NHK's Original shows. 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).
Programmes
- Food (carry Fod listed as BBC Japan)
- AKB48 Show!
- Everyday Tips
- Fudoki
- Fun with English
- Go Focus
- Good Morning, Japan
- International News Report
- Mini Program
- Morning Market
- News (carry news from NHK General TV)
- 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
- Kōhaku Uta Gassen
- 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 availabe in Europe as an Internet broadcast offered via toober.com.Premium.