With the nation's major TV stations and movie industry on board, U.S. online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. is seeking to be a major player in the video distribution market in Japan, as it prepares to begin offering content as early as this week, according to sources.
Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. (TBS), TV Asahi Corp. and all other major commercial TV stations in Tokyo, as well as film makers, are expected to provide Amazon.com with programs and movies.Amazon.com is currently expected to begin service by offering several tens of thousands of programs, including TV Asahi's drama "Doctor-X," TBS's drama "Zutto Anataga Sukidatta" (I've always loved you), a love story featuring a mama's boy, and "Thermae Romae," a film made by Fuji Television Network Inc. and others.
Source: NewsOnJapan
Source: NewsOnJapan
