InterBEE REVIEW2016

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Inter BEE Review 2016 Topics Guest Interview824On the second day of scheduled sessions in this third annual INTER BEE CONNECTED event, the segment “Video Delivery of Key Stations in 2016”, which is included every year and is always a highlight, was held. This has become a discussion event that truly represents INTER BEE CONNECTED, and welcomed its audience to a meeting hall equipped with a seating space expanded over that of the previous year. Even then, it was so popular that a larger number of people than ever attended, filling the capacity of 210 seats completely with some even watching the discussion while standing. With catch-up services from each station fully assembled together with the shared portal TVer in 2015, the session clearly showed that this year was one in which each station moved into new stages of their development.To begin, the session’s moderator Mr. Mikio Tsukamoto from Wise Media showed slides depicting the activities carried out over the year to summarize the premises for the following discussion. In September of last year, Netflix and Amazon launched SVOD services, and in this year several new types of video services began, including flat-rate sports program video delivery by DAZN and Sportsnavi Live, and the launch of AbemaTV. Continuing on from this, each key station gave a presentation on its recent activities.Mr. Yasuyuki TazawaDirector, Content Distribution BusinessTokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.Mr. Hiroshi OhbaCo-Director, Digital Business CenterTV Asahi CorporationMr. Masahito OtaSenior Director, Cyber Business StrategyNippon Television Network CorporationMr. Mikio TsukamotoMedia StrategistRepresentative Director,Wise Media, Inc.From left:Mr. Kazuo Nomura Deputy Director, Content Creation and Distribution Department Fuji Television Network, Inc.Mr. Shinjiro Ninagawa Director, TV Tokyo Communications CorporationVideo Delivery, Advancing to New Stages Competition is Intensifying with More and More Participants from Overseas