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Joe Six-Sapporo tuned into public broadcasting to watch baseball? Only in the Land of the Rising Sun. As Japan's public broadcaster, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK, also called Japan Broadcasting Corporation) balances cultural fare with news, sports, entertainment, and educational programming. NHK provides terrestrial broadcasting (two TV and three radio stations) and broadcast satellite programming that includes high-definition TV. The broadcaster is financially independent of government funding -- thanks to a law that requires every Japanese household or office with a TV to pay a fee, which provides about 97% of revenues. NHK has some 37 million viewers including more than 10 million satellite broadcast viewers.
COMPETITION |
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Nippon Television Network Corporation (dossier)
SKY Perfect Communications, Inc. (4795)
Tokyo Broadcasting System (dossier)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 6,216.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 16.5%
Employees: 12,847
Revenue per employee: $483,863.94
KEY PEOPLE |
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Katsuji Ebisawa
CEO
CONTACT INFO |
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2-2-1, Jinnan, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-8001, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3465-1111
Fax: 81-3-3469-8110
Online: Web Site
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