Wowow
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 Wowow's headquarters at Akasaka Park Building in 2012. | |
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| City | Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo |
| History | |
First air date | November 29, 1990 (pre-opening) November 30, 1990 (actual) December 1, 2000 (digital) |
Last air date | July 24, 2011 (analog) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | ARIB |
| Links | |
| Website | wowow |
On October 1, 2011, Wowow expanded their single channel broadcast satellite service to provide four high-definition TV channels:[4] Wowow Prime (WOWOWプライム), a general entertainment channel, Wowow Live (WOWOWライブ), covering sports, documentaries, movies and live performances, Wowow Cinema (WOWOWシネマ), a 24-hour movie channel and Wowow Plus.
Overview
Wowow was the first 24/7, 3 channel, full high-definition broadcaster in Japan.[5]
Wowow began pre-opening broadcasts on November 29, 1990, with service beginning the following day, on November 30, 1990. Digital broadcasting began on December 1, 2000. The network began with 207,753 subscribers (31.5 billion
Wowow mostly rebroadcasts movies, but is also well known for showing (and even co-producing and/or assisting in the production of) original
The channel's name is a double "Wow", and the three W's also stand for "World-Wide-Watching".
Previously, Wowow's headquarters were in another facility in Akasaka.[7]
Programming
Wowow also broadcasts
Sports
Wowow has broadcast all four tennis Grand Slam Championships since 2008. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. They broadcast UFC Japan on February 26, 2012, and have since continued to broadcast UFC events.
- Current broadcast lineup[8]
- Australian Open
- French Open
- The Championships, Wimbledon
- US Open
- ATP Tour Masters 1000
- ATP 500 series
- ATP 250 series
- UEFA Euro Championship
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- "Wowow Excite Match" (Boxing)
- UFC
- Super Rugby
- LPGA Tour
- NBA
President
The president and CEO of Wowow is, as of March 2021, Akira Tanaka.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Corporate Info." Wowow. Retrieved on November 20, 2010. "The Head Office 21F, Akasaka Park Building, 5-2-20, Akasaka, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-6121 Tel. 81-3-4330-8111 Wowow Inc. Map." and "2-1-58, Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0053" Addresses in Japanese: "東京都港区赤坂5-2-20 赤坂パークビル21F" and "東京都江東区辰巳2-1-58"
- ^ "Head office." (Direct image link) Wowow. Retrieved on November 20, 2010. Map in Japanese (Direct link)
- ^ "Broadcasting Center." (Direct image link) Wowow. Retrieved on November 20, 2010. Map in Japanese (Direct link)
- ^ Wowow Inc. (2011). Business Summary: Business Contents. Accessed on January 31, 2012.
- ^ "History | Company Information | WOWOW Inc".
- ^ Wowow Inc. (2011). Business Summary: Subscription. Accessed on January 31, 2012.
- ^ "Corporate Information." Wowow. April 13, 2008. Retrieved on November 20, 2010. "1-5-8, Moto Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8080" Japanese address: "東京都港区元赤坂1-5-8"
- ^ "スポーツ". Wowow. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "President's Message | Company Information | WOWOW Inc".
External links
- WOWOW satellite website
- WOWOW satellite website (in Japanese)
- Wowow at Anime News Network's encyclopedia