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AbemaTV, Inc.
Type of site
OTT platform
Available inJapanese
FoundedApril 1, 2015;9 years ago(2015-04-01)
HeadquartersAbema Towers, 40-1Udagawachō,
Shibuya,Tokyo
,
Japan
Area servedJapan
Owner
Key people
Products
Services
RevenueIncrease¥13.56 billion (2024)
Operating incomeIncrease¥24.80 billion (2024)
Net incomeIncrease¥30.81 billion (2024)
URLabema.tv
RegistrationOptional
UsersIncrease6.52 million per month (as of February 2023)[1]
LaunchedMarch 1, 2016(2016-03-01)
(Early access)
April 11, 2016(2016-04-11)
(Full launch)
Current statusActive

ABEMA(アベマ,often stylized asall caps)is a Japanesestreaming servicethat launched on April 11, 2016, under the nameAbemaTV.[2]It is majority-owned byCyberAgent,with a 55.2% stake, andTV Asahi,with a 36.8% stake, while the remaining ownership belongs to various other companies, mostly in the media and entertainment industry.

ABEMA primarily functions as an online television network, featuring multipleFAST channelsthat offer news, sports, entertainment programming, with the option to become a premium member to view past programs on demand.

Abema's headquarters at Abema Towers inShibuya,Tokyo

History

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Launch

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CyberAgentandTV Asahiannounced on March 31, 2015, that they would jointly establish a fixed-rate video distribution company calledAbemaTVin April of that year.[3]The company became subsidiaries of CyberAgent, and Shun Fujita, the President of CyberAgent, was appointed as the President of AbemaTV.[3]

CyberAgent and TV Asahi launched the service on April 11, 2016, with some channels pre-released starting from March 1 of the same year. AbemaTV channels stream in real-time, similar to traditional linear TV, but missed programs can only be watched by becoming a premium plan member, which costs 960 yen per month.[4]

Though CyberAgent also owns a similarly-namedsocial networking servicecalledAmeba,they chose not to re-use the brand for AbemaTV due to the existence of a Canadian service calledAmeba TV.[5]According to President Fujita, he wanted to convey that AbemaTV was a new and fresh service that was an extension of Ameba, which has been around for over 10 years. However, he also admitted that the name AbemaTV can be difficult to remember, pronounce, and often mistaken, stating that he himself occasionally misspeaks it.[6]

Established position in Japan

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On May 7, 2017, AbemaTV's live showWin 10 Million Yen if You BeatKoki Kamedaset a new record with 14.2 million views, causing the service's servers to crash. AbemaTV offered the match footage for free on a special website.[7]In December of the same year, AbemaTV announced that the72 Hour Honne TVprogram featuring three former members ofSMAPhad garnered 74 million views.[8]

However, according to the financial statement as of September 30, 2017, AbemaTV recorded a net loss of 19.125 billion yen and a deficit of 28.38 billion yen in retained earnings.[9]Despite this, CyberAgent plans to continue investing in AbemaTV in the fiscal year 2018 and expand into peripheral businesses such as radio channel launch and broadcast of shopping programs.[9]The reason for disclosing the losses is to deter other companies from entering this field and also because the parent company, CyberAgent, is listed on the stock exchange and has a responsibility to explain to shareholders that the stagnant operating profit is due to the preemptive investment in AbemaTV, according to President Fujita.[10]

In January 2019, CyberAgent disclosed that Abema Premium had 358,000 subscribers, a 4.5-fold increase from the previous year, and that AbemaTV's app had been downloaded 37 million times. The service had a record of 9.18 million weekly active users (WAU) during the New Year's holiday period.[11]President Fujita explained that when AbemaTV started about three years ago, the plan was to create a linear TV service on the internet. However, almost all of the package content is available on-demand, with live streaming of news and sports being the only linear content. He also stated that AbemaTV's dramas are 95% on-demand. Fujita expressed his intention to strengthen the hybridization of linear and on-demand viewing in pursuit of user convenience.[11]

On February 25, 2019, AbemaTV began a trial service for viewers outside Japan, with the ability to watch from the United States, Australia, Thailand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil using the iOS/Android app.[12]

In January 2020, CyberAgent announced its Q1 earnings for the 2020 fiscal year (October to December 2019), stating that the media division was boosted by AbemaTV, with a revenue increase of 6.9% to 12.2 billion yen, although there was an operating loss of 5 billion yen. The number of paid members for Abema Premium increased to 593,000.[13]

As of March 4, 2020, AbemaTV reached 50 million cumulative downloads on its smartphone app.[14]When the service was launched in 2016, its goal was to achieve 10 million weekly active users who could be monetized through advertising; the company achieved this goal for the first time in 2019. After March 2020, theCOVID-19 pandemicacted as a tailwind, and the number of weekly active users reached a record high of over 14.9 million in early April.[15]

In April 2020, AbemaTV changed its name toAbema,due to the diversification of services beyond linear streaming to on-demand streaming and other offerings.[16]

Investment in sports

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On June 29, 2021, Abema announced that they would be live streaming 166Major League Baseballgames starting from July 1. The focus of the live streaming was on teams that included Japanese players, such asShohei Ohtani'sLos Angeles Angels.Out of the 166 games, 120 were available for free.[17][18]On March 31, 2022, Abema announced that they would continue live streaming games for the 2022 season, starting from the opening game on April 8. The service streamed a total of 324 games, including all games of the Los Angeles Angels, with 234 of them being available for free.[19]On March 22, 2023, Abema further announced that they would continue live streaming 324 games for the 2023 season, starting from the opening game.[20]

On November 16, 2022, Abema announced that it would livestream for free all 64 matches, including the qualifiers, of the2022 FIFA World Cup Qatarstarting from November 21, 2022.[21]

As the broadcasting rights fees for theFIFA World Cuphave been increasing in recent years, many private broadcasters have reported losses since theSouth Africa tournamentin 2010. As reported byThe Asahi Shimbunon July 28, 2021; the domestic broadcasting rights fee for the1998 France tournament,which was purchased solely byNHK,was 550 million yen, but the amount offered for the Qatar tournament exceeded 20 billion yen, and an agreement could not be reached on the price. As a "soccer enthusiast" who was concerned that the World Cup might not be viewable in Japan, President Fujita decided to pursue the acquisition of broadcasting rights.[22]

According to the official ranking of viewership by match that was announced, the "Japan vs. Croatia" match in the knockout stage on November 6 was the most watched, and the number of viewers immediately after the match exceeded 23 million. The second most watched match was the "Japan vs. Costa Rica" match in the group stage on November 17, and the third was the "Japan vs. Spain" match in the group stage on December 2. Abema explained that the number of viewers was counted as the "unique browsers" that accessed the site on that day, meaning that even if the same person accessed the site multiple times using different browser apps, they were counted as one person.[23]

On July 21, 2022, Abema announced a partnership withSPOTV NOWto stream the2022-23 seasonof thePremier League.The service will live stream approximately one-third of all league games, or 114 matches, on Abema Premier, with some games available for free until the partnership was discontinued in the end of 2022-23 season.[24]Additionally, on February 9, 2023, Abema announced a partnership withSKY PerfecTV!to live stream three games per match day for the remaining games of theBundesligathis season, with some games also available for free.[25]Also on March 14, 2023, Abema announced a partnership withOneFootballto live stream all exclusive 380 matches of theCampeonato Brasileiro Série Astarts2023 seasonwho available for free.

In 2023, Abema garnered a user base of 6.52 million people in February.[3]According to the Mobile Society Research Institute's survey in the same year, it achieved a recognition rate of 69.4%.[26]Additionally, the survey conducted by Dentsu DY Media Partners revealed that its usage rate stood at 34.4%.[27][28]

List of channels

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Channel name Date launched Description
ABEMA News 2016/3/1
  • 24/7 News Channel
  • Changes to ABEMA News Emergency during emergency broadcasts
ABEMA Special 1 2016/3/1
  • Streams various original programs, special programs, variety,animeanddramaproduced by AbemaTV
ABEMA Special 2 2016/4/11
  • An alternative channel to AbemaSPECIAL, also broadcasts various programs as the original channel
ABEMA Gold 2016/4/11
  • Streams special programs in addition to various Japanese and every movies, sports programs and other variety around the world
Drama and Film 2016/4/11
  • Streams various television dramas, movies andTokusatsuthat have aired in the past
C–World 2016/12/5[29]
  • Popular Chinese television dramas and movies
ABEMA Anime 1 2018/4/1[30]
  • 24/7 anime channel
  • Focuses on new anime that aired in recent years
  • Abema Anime 2 and Abema Anime 3 also runs irregularly to provide more channels for anime streaming
Anime LIVE 2018/4/1[30]
Everyone's Anime 2018/4/1[30]
  • Mainly streams family oriented anime and nostalgic or older anime
CM 2016/8/8
  • Streams onlycommercialspublished by AbemaTV
  • Comments are disabled for this channel
QUEST by Discovery 2019/5/1
  • Channel in collaboration withDiscovery Japan,[31]mainly streams documentaries and other similar programs
MTVHits 2016/4/11
  • Music videos for every music and songs around the world fromMTV
  • Sometimes streams every dramas andreality showsaround the world
  • This channel is now no longer Available
Hip-Hop[32] 2017/1/1
ABEMA Radio 2017/11/20 (J-Wave Period)[33]
2017/12/1 (Full Launch)
  • Broadcasts 9 different radio channels across the nation
FIGHTZ[34] 2016/7/31
Sports[35] 2016/3/1 (First Launch)
2017/8/1 (Second Launch)
  • Streams various sports competitions and sports related programs
Keirin 2019/4/2
  • Streams livekeirincompetitions and keirin related content
Fishing 2016/3/1
  • Streams fishing related content
  • Available worldwide since April 2019[36]
Shogi[37] 2017/2/1
  • Streamsshogimatches and shogi related content
  • Available worldwide since April 2019[36]
Mahjong 2016/3/1
Overseas ABEMA News 2019/2/25
  • Aimed at Japanese people who are overseas and out of the country as a news channel
  • Unavailable domestically within Japan[38]

Other Channels

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These channels run on an inconsistent schedule

  • Sports LIVE – Live sports competitions such as thePremier League[39]
  • Shogi LIVE – Live shogi competitions
  • Mahjong LIVE – Live Mahjong competitions
  • Ōsumo LIVE – LiveHonbashoSumo matches and content

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Động họa xứng tin, đào thải の thời đại に quốc nội thảo phân け, ＧＹＡＯ! サービス kết thúc へ" [In the era of video streaming consolidation, pioneering domestic service GYAO! is set to shut down.].Asahi Shimbun(in Japanese). 21 March 2023. p. 9.
  2. ^アベマ ティービー
  3. ^abc"サイバーエージェントとテレ triều が hợp biện tân hội xã hạn ngạch phanh lại họa xứng tin とニュースチャンネル triển khai".ITmedia NEWS(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  4. ^"サイバーエージェント đằng điền xã trưởng が “AbemaTV” でマスメディアを mục chỉ す lý do ".ITmedia Mobile(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  5. ^ASCII."iPhoneで24 thời gian vô liêu động họa coi thính, サイバーエージェントとテレビ mặt trời mới mọc が tay がける “Abema TV” を hoàn toàn giải thích (1/2) ".ASCII.jp(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  6. ^"“AbemaTV” ( アベマTV ), なぜ “AmebaTV” じゃない の? Đằng điền xã trưởng “Chính trực ngôn って, nửa phần くらい hối hận” ".ITmedia NEWS(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  7. ^"“Quy điền hưng nghị に thắng ったら1000 vạn yên” AbemaTV sử thượng nhiều nhất アクセスでサーバダウン ".ITmedia NEWS(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  8. ^"ビデオリサーチ, “『ホンネテレビ』 coi thính giả 207 vạn người” リリース lấy り hạ げ トップページで tạ tội ".ITmedia NEWS(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  9. ^ab"Cygamesは hắc tự 133 trăm triệu yên, AbemaTVは thiếu hụt 191 trăm triệu yên サイバーエージェント tử hội xã quyết toán まとめ".ITmedia NEWS(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  10. ^"AbemaTVが営 nghiệp thiếu hụt 200 trăm triệu yên でもインターネットテレビ の hùng を thư う lý do".ダイヤモンド・オンライン(in Japanese). 28 February 2018.Retrieved15 April2023.
  11. ^abKabushiki gaisha インプレス (31 January 2019)."AbemaTV の プレミアム hội viên は35.8 vạn người. オンデマンド phần trăm は32%に".AV Watch(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  12. ^Kabushiki gaisha インプレス (25 February 2019)."AbemaTVが hải ngoại から の coi thính đối ứng. 6カ quốc でニュースや đem cờ, chim sẻ, câu り".AV Watch(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  13. ^Kabushiki gaisha インプレス (30 January 2020)."AbemaTV có liêu hội viên は59.3 vạn người に tăng thêm. オンデマンド coi thính phần trăm が thượng thăng".AV Watch(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  14. ^Kabushiki gaisha インプレス (13 March 2020)."AbemaTVアプリが5,000 vạn ダウンロード đột phá. 4 nguyệt 11 ngày で khai cục 4 đầy năm".AV Watch(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  15. ^"アベマTV､巣ごもりで coi thính giả 1400 vạn người đột phá の 訳".Đông Dương kinh tế オンライン(in Japanese). 26 May 2020.Retrieved15 April2023.
  16. ^Kabushiki gaisha インプレス (13 April 2020)."AbemaTVから “ABEMA” へ. Đằng điền tấn xã trưởng に nghe く4 trong năm の 変 hóa とこれから【 tây điền tông ngàn giai の RandomTracking】 ".AV Watch(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  17. ^"MLB166 thí hợp をABEMAが xứng tin へ 120 thí hợp は vô liêu, プレミアムプランで46 thí hợp を sinh trung 継: Trung ngày スポーツ・ Đông Kinh trung ngày スポーツ".Trung ngày スポーツ・ Đông Kinh trung ngày スポーツ(in Japanese).Retrieved26 May2023.
  18. ^"MLB・ đại cốc tường bình の sinh động が cuối cùng まで thấy られる! エンゼルス の toàn thí hợp をABEMAにて hoàn toàn trung 継".Real Sound｜リアルサウンド テック(in Japanese). 27 July 2021.Retrieved26 May2023.
  19. ^"Đại cốc tường bình の toàn thí hợp を hoàn toàn sinh trung 継 ABEMAがMLB công thức chiến 324 thí hợp を Nhật Bản ngữ thật huống と giải thích phó きで truyền: Trung ngày スポーツ・ Đông Kinh trung ngày スポーツ".Trung ngày スポーツ・ Đông Kinh trung ngày スポーツ(in Japanese).Retrieved26 May2023.
  20. ^Kabushiki gaisha インプレス (22 March 2023)."ABEMA, MLB công thức chiến 324 thí hợp を sinh trung 継. Đại cốc tường bình やヌートバーも sinh động".AV Watch(in Japanese).Retrieved26 May2023.
  21. ^TIMES biên tập bộ, ABEMA (16 November 2022)."“FIFA ワールドカップ カタール 2022” の toàn 64 thí hợp vô liêu sinh trung 継がABEMAで quyết định | サッカー | ABEMA TIMES | アベマタイムズ ".ABEMA TIMES.Retrieved15 April2023.
  22. ^"“Qua đi lớn nhất の đầu tư” ──ABEMA trách nhiệm giả が ngữ るサッカーW ly chiếu phim 権 đạt được の sân khấu と thư い ".ITmedia ビジネスオンライン(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  23. ^"メディアフォーカス".NHK truyền văn hóa viện nghiên cứu(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  24. ^"“ABEMA” がサッカー anh プレミアリーグ の chiếu phim 権を đạt được できたワケ ".ITmedia ビジネスオンライン(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  25. ^co., Ltd, FromOne (9 February 2023)."ABEMA, nay quý tàn り の ブンデスリーガ mỗi tiết 3 thí hợp を sinh trung 継 2 nguyệt は đường an tương ứng フライブルク chiến など vô liêu xứng tin".サッカーキング(in Japanese).Retrieved15 April2023.
  26. ^"TVer nhận tri suất 72%, thâu ích hóa は nói nửa ば đồng thời xứng tin bắt đầu 1 năm".Nhật Bản kinh tế tin tức(in Japanese). 11 April 2023.Retrieved26 May2023.
  27. ^"Bác báo đường DYメディアパートナーズ, sinh hoạt giả の メディア tiếp xúc の hiện trạng を bắt える “メディア xác định địa điểm điều tra 2023” khi hệ liệt phân tích の kết quả を phát biểu ".Nhật Bản kinh tế tin tức(in Japanese). 23 May 2023.Retrieved26 May2023.
  28. ^"メディア xác định địa điểm điều tra".Bác báo đường DYメディアパートナーズ メディア hoàn cảnh viện nghiên cứu(in Japanese). 25 May 2022.Retrieved26 May2023.
  29. ^"インターネットテレビ cục “AbemaTV” にて tân たに “Hàn lưu ・ hoa lưu チャンネル” の mở が quyết định | kabushiki gaisha サイバーエージェント ".Archived fromthe originalon 26 September 2017.Retrieved8 May2019.
  30. ^abc“AbemaTV” 2 đầy năm で tân アニメCHが bạo sinh!! Độc chiếm ＆ thế giới nhất tốc coi thính できるアニメ tác phẩm lần tăng nghiệp giới sơ ・ thanh ưu MCによるレギュラー phiên tổ mỗi ngày sinh truyền! Tân アニメCH の xa hoa ラインナップ bỏ lệnh cấm | kabushiki gaisha サイバーエージェント
  31. ^"“AbemaTV” にDiscovery の tân チャンネル『QUEST by Discovery』が mở 5 nguyệt 1 ngày ( thủy ) より truyền bắt đầu Nhật Bản sơ công khai の phiên tổ も続々 lên sân khấu ".CyberAgent. 26 April 2019.Retrieved8 May2019.
  32. ^"インターネットテレビ cục “AbemaTV” にて tân たに “HIPHOPチャンネル” を mở ".Archived fromthe originalon 26 September 2017.Retrieved8 May2019.
  33. ^Sonar Music(Monday to Thursday, 21:00 to 24:00) is distributed on AbemaGOLD Channel
  34. ^"“AbemaTV” にて tân たに “Cách đấu チャンネル” の mở が quyết định ".CyberAgent. 27 July 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 23 September 2016.Retrieved8 May2019.
  35. ^"“SPORTSチャンネル” mở と “SOCCERチャンネル” “ヨコノリチャンネル” thống hợp の お biết らせ | AbemaTV công thức ガイド ".Archived fromthe originalon 1 August 2017.Retrieved8 May2019.
  36. ^abc"インターネットテレビ cục “AbemaTV” が toàn thế giới から の coi thính に đối ứng ".CyberAgent. 18 April 2019.Retrieved8 May2019.
  37. ^"インターネットテレビ cục “AbemaTV” にて tân たに “Đem cờ チャンネル” を mở cờ giới でもっとも cách thức と lịch sử の ある tối cao phong の cờ chiến “Danh nhân chiến” を sinh trung 継 | kabushiki gaisha サイバーエージェント ".Archived fromthe originalon 26 September 2017.Retrieved8 May2019.
  38. ^"“AbemaTV” が hải ngoại から の coi thính に thí nghiệm đối ứng ".CyberAgent. 25 February 2019.Retrieved8 May2019.
  39. ^"ABEMA TO STREAM PREMIER LEAGUE IN JAPAN".sportindustry.biz.21 July 2022.Retrieved28 July2022.[permanent dead link]
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