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| − | NHK | + | '''NHK''' (in Japanese, '''Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai'''; in English, '''Japan Broadcasting Corporation''') is the state-owned national broadcast radio and television network in [[Japan]]. Launched in 1926 and patterned after the [[BBC]], it is also the oldest currently existing broadcasting company in Japan, and are the governing body concerning [[license]] fees etc. |
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| + | NHK owns three radio networks (NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2 and NHK FM), two television networks (NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV), four satellite TV channels and an international broadcasting service called NHK World-Japan (consisting of TV channels NHK World TV and NHK World Premium and shortwave radio service Radio Japan). It also held a monopoly on television in Japan until at least 1953, when the commercial network Nippon TV was launched. It reached out to the member stations of English-language American network [[PBS]] by producing an English-language newscast from Tokyo, ''Today's Japan'' (hosted by English-speaking anchors such as Karuna Shinsho), for airing on PBS member stations (through Boston affiliate WGBH) for several years in the 1990s. | ||
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| + | Like the BBC and similar state broadcasters, NHK has received criticism of [[liberal bias]] for its news and documentary programming. | ||
[http://www.nhk.or.jp] (Japanese) | [http://www.nhk.or.jp] (Japanese) | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:13, January 29, 2021
NHK (in Japanese, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai; in English, Japan Broadcasting Corporation) is the state-owned national broadcast radio and television network in Japan. Launched in 1926 and patterned after the BBC, it is also the oldest currently existing broadcasting company in Japan, and are the governing body concerning license fees etc.
NHK owns three radio networks (NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2 and NHK FM), two television networks (NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV), four satellite TV channels and an international broadcasting service called NHK World-Japan (consisting of TV channels NHK World TV and NHK World Premium and shortwave radio service Radio Japan). It also held a monopoly on television in Japan until at least 1953, when the commercial network Nippon TV was launched. It reached out to the member stations of English-language American network PBS by producing an English-language newscast from Tokyo, Today's Japan (hosted by English-speaking anchors such as Karuna Shinsho), for airing on PBS member stations (through Boston affiliate WGBH) for several years in the 1990s.
Like the BBC and similar state broadcasters, NHK has received criticism of liberal bias for its news and documentary programming.
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