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  • Tresor TV to produce German adaptation of Nippon TV’s “Silent Library”

    Tresor TV to produce German adaptation of Nippon TV’s “Silent Library”

    Mumbai: Having announced a deal with Rabbit Films of Finland for Silent Library last year, Nippon TV, Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, has announced that Tresor TV, one of the largest production companies in Germany that creates entertainment programs for national and international markets, has finalised the production of the German-language version of Nippon TV’s global hit unscripted gameshow format Silent Library. The German version features popular reality personalities David Helmut, Lena Meckel and Co, Cosimo Citiolo, Christina Dimitriou, Kate Merlan as well as TikTok stars Maria Ziffy, Rick Azas and Clemens Brock among others, and is set to start streaming on RTL+ from 18 January 2024.

    In the German adaptation, a team of five people competes in each of the eight 15-minute shows. Ready to face the merciless challenges of Silent Library, they tackle tasks that are fast, funny, nasty and vary from episode to episode. Some teams test their speed, strength, or dexterity, while others struggle with icky or painful tasks. Anyone who makes noises, laughs, or screams and exceeds the noise level, loses.

    Since its launch as an international format in 2007, local versions of Silent Library have been created in more than 20 countries around the world. Most notable is the hit U.S. version that launched on MTV in 2009 and became a global phenomenon; other versions have been produced in the U.K., Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Thailand, Vietnam, Mongolia, France in 2022, and Finland in 2023, showing the long-term success of this format that works today when rebooted formats continue to prove themselves successful.

    NIPPON TV – SILENT LIBRARY – GERMANY

    Originally first airing in 2001 on Nippon TV, Silent Library has been a primetime, family-oriented television sensation in Japan and is one of the most influential comedy shows in Asia. Created by the legendary Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto from the famed duo DOWNTOWN, and produced by Nippon TV in association with Yoshimoto Kogyo, Silent Library has been a hugely successful segment on Nippon TV’s long-running Sunday night entertainment show where contestants must always keep silent no matter what happens.

    Nippon TV format sales and licensing, global business Sayako Aoki: “Axel Kuehn and the fantastic team at Tresor TV have created another hysterically hilarious version of Silent Library. The new adaptation will definitely bring the biggest laughter of the new year in 2024, with RTL+ audiences witnessing dynamics they’ve never seen before, featuring familiar celebrities and reality show stars while enjoying the craziest pranks that have entertained global audiences for decades.”

    Tresor TV MD Axel Kuehn: “Silent Library is one of the global hit formats, that everybody in the industry knows. Being able to bring a ‘classic hit’ like this on the screen, is making us proud and happy and we are very thankful that RTL+ and Nippon TV gave us this opportunity. We are sure the German viewers will laugh a lot and ask for more”.

  • Nippon TV’s hit scripted format ‘Mother,’ titled ‘Ээж’ to stream on VOO and air on Edutainment TV

    Nippon TV’s hit scripted format ‘Mother,’ titled ‘Ээж’ to stream on VOO and air on Edutainment TV

    Mumbai: Nippon TV, Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse announced today that Mongol’s Green Show Production has finalised production of the scripted Mongolian-language format of Nippon TV’s award-winning drama series Mother (60 min. eps). Ээж (Mother in Mongolian) will stream first on Mongolia’s VOO IPTV platform from January 11th and air on Mongolia’s Edutainment TV (Edu TV) starting January 20th. In addition to the adaptation in Mongolia, Mother has been adapted in Turkey, South Korea, Ukraine, Thailand, China, France, and Spain, with upcoming production in Arabic, making it Asia’s most exported and locally adapted scripted format, according to research by K7 Media.  The announcement was made today by Sayako Aoki, Head of Scripted Formats, Global Business, Nippon TV.

    “Mother is a very unique story that continues to touch the hearts of global audiences, making it a timeless scripted format. We cannot wait for the local audience in Mongolia to encounter this remarkable series, produced by Green Show Production, who had a strong aspiration from the very beginning stages to create a series that has important social relevance,” commented Aoki.

    Ээж tells the story of a solace substitute teacher who realizes that one of her pupils is a victim of child abuse. Acting upon instinct, she kidnaps the student to save her from the abusive biological mother and her volatile boyfriend and flees to her own adoptive mother’s place- all while trying to escape from the police.

  • Nippon TV heads into MipTV 2022 with three new formats

    Nippon TV heads into MipTV 2022 with three new formats

    Mumbai: Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV has unveiled one scripted and two unscripted formats ahead of MipTV 2022 in Cannes next month.

    MipTV is the longest-running international television market taking place in Cannes each April. The international TV showcase brings together global distributors, producers, buyers and commissioners of drama, doc, kids, factual and formats programming for a curated week of business meetings, matchmaking opportunities, exclusive market intelligence, conferences sessions, and global networking.

    The latest edition of MipTV will make a comeback as the in-person market on 4-6 April, after going virtual due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  

    “The three formats have been aired on Nippon TV to stellar ratings and we will be offering these titles at MipTV 2022 for the first time to its buyers around the world,” announced Nippon TV MD – international business development Mikiko Nishiyama on Monday.

    “Tall Order” is a scripted romantic comedy-drama series that follows the personal and professional lives of an executive assistant to the CEO of a startup company. While the unscripted escape game show “Dark Doubt” sees contestants attempt to navigate through the dark, another unscripted quiz show “Turbo Brain” tasks contestants with answering questions at breakneck speed.

    “In terms of our new unscripted formats, ‘Dark Doubt’ turns its back on the traditional notion that game shows are just funny and lively. It illustrates how fear is a universal form of entertainment that fascinates people. Using night-vision and fixed-point cameras in pitch-dark spaces, the resulting visual impact is quite amazing. ‘Turbo Brain’ tests the human brain’s ability to make instantaneous decisions­—a function necessary to survive. Viewers can immerse themselves in the show just like the contestants and take a shot at the quiz questions, whose difficulty levels are adjusted exquisitely so that they are tough to answer in a split second,” stated Mikiko Nishiyama.

    “As for our scripted title, anyone who follows our protagonist in ‘Tall Order’ will want to rally behind her as she tackles the endless impossible demands from her boss in the stressful office environment in solving the myriad of business and personal troubles, and then suddenly becomes promoted as CEO against her will,” Nishiyama further said, adding that, “the sense of romance with a cheeky colleague and a charismatic boss makes this story even more exciting. Nippon TV’s scripted formats that depict the lives of women, such as ‘Mother’ and ‘Woman -My Life for My Children,’ are receiving high acclaim globally, and I am confident that ‘Tall Order’ presents a story that will resonate with viewers the world over.”

  • Nippon & Envision announce first scripted co-production ‘Connected’

    Nippon & Envision announce first scripted co-production ‘Connected’

    Mumbai: Having announced their co-production partnership last year where the two companies plan to combine their “Western and Eastern sensibilities” to develop new scripted projects for the global market, Nippon TV – Japan’s multiplatform entertainment powerhouse and Envision Entertainment – the London-based content production company on Tuesday announced their first project together entitled – “Connected.”

    “Connected” is an innovative crime drama series taking place largely online, perfect for today’s world defined by hybrid communication. The concept was inspired by Nippon TV’s successful scripted series “Double Booking,” produced and broadcast in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, and the same production team led by Nippon TV’s creative director Itaru Mizuno is participating in this project, said the statement.

    The worldwide format rights for “Connected” will be offered for the first time at the upcoming Series Mania Forum with a special showcase set for 22 March in Lille.

    “What we believe is strong about ‘Connected’ is its relatability you may see in young fresh heroes and their struggles, not necessarily charismatic but charming, and that is how these multilayered and globally expanding stories are told through online and offline world just like how we experience these days,” commented Nippon TV business producer for international business development Sayako Aoki. “We will be thrilled to see Japanese ‘episode zero’ lead to UK version and to numerous more opportunities, diversifying the universe invented through this East-West collaboration.”  

    The Japanese version of “Connected” will air in Japan on Nippon TV in April. Envision Entertainment and Nippon TV are simultaneously in advanced development for a UK version of the series, which is set in the same shared universe.

    “We are immensely proud of our work with Nippon TV on ‘Connected,’ an infinitely flexible crime format which can combine stories in any number of languages and territories in an unobtrusive and believable way,” said Envision Entertainment chief content officer Michael Nakan. “Our unique approach to hybrid communication between characters is a million miles away from forced ‘Europudding’ co-productions and offers a genuinely seamless opportunity to tell stories with local resonance and international scale. We look forward to working with partners around the world to develop a truly global group of homebound detectives.”

  • Nippon TV inks licensing deal with Netflix

    Nippon TV inks licensing deal with Netflix

    Mumbai: Nippon TV, Japan’s multiplatform entertainment company, has partnered with Netflix for the first time to make 30 of its biggest drama series and entertainment shows available outside Japan, all across Asia.

    The first 15 titles have just started to stream in October. Titles include its mega-hit 2011 drama series “I’m Mita,” “Your Housekeeper,” whose last episode broke records with a 40 per cent viewer rating in Japan and has also been successful as a scripted format and licensed to Korea; “Death Note,” which is a live-action drama based on its widely popular comic series, and “Tokyo Tarareba Girls,” which is also remade from the hit comic series that saw over 1.8 million copies printed throughout Japan.

    From December, another 15 titles will be added, including the 2019 award-winning drama series “Mr Hiiragi’s Homeroom,” “Your Turn to Kill,” and “Life’s Punchline,” which was broadcast this year with almost 14 million total views to date on TVer, a VOD streaming service in Japan. 

    Entertainment shows as part of this deal include the highly popular adventure variety show “The Quest,” and the contest show “Masquerade,” which is one of Nippon TV’s longest-running programs with its over 40 years history.

    “We are very pleased to announce that Netflix will be offering our content to its audience across Asia,” stated Nippon TV head of finished program sales, international business development Keisuke Miyata. “This region is a key part of our continued growth, and now coupled with Netflix’s strength as one of the world’s leading streaming platforms, we are confident that Nippon TV’s titles will be well received by viewers in this prominent new territory for us.”

  • Nippon TV heads into fall with two new shows

    Nippon TV heads into fall with two new shows

    Mumbai: Japan’s multiplatform entertainment company Nippon TV on Monday announced that it will head into the fall season with two new shows – ‘Money or Junk’ and ‘Life’s Punchline’.

    Announcing the shows, Nippon TV managing director international business development Mikiko Nishiyama said the two new formats are unique in that their idiosyncrasies and quirks that give them quite the twist. “Following in the footsteps of Nippon TV’s highly successful business format “Dragons’ Den/Shark Tank”, with more than 40 versions in 186 territories, ‘Money or Junk’ was created with a business concept at its core, updated with craft, survival elements for the entire family audience in the digital era,” said Nishiyama.

    ‘Money or Junk’ hit the airwaves in July 2021 on Nippon TV to stellar ratings among children, teenagers, and 20-to-34-year age group females.  With the concept of ‘making’ money out of nothing’, contestants compete by self-monetising in remote locations using available resources to sell various items on e-commerce apps. Due to its high ratings, the format has already earned a second slot on Nippon TV for later this year.

    On the other hand, ‘Life’s Punchline’ was broadcast weekly on Nippon TV from April to June 2021 with almost 14 million total views to date on VOD and has now become the most viewed series on the platform from Nippon TV’s Saturday night slot.

    “‘Life’s Punchline’ centers around a comedy trio, and each episode opens with a comedic skit which eventually blends into bigger plots of the drama. Vividly depicting each character’s worries and emotional conflicts in their late 20s that stem from their dream, job, family, and romantic interest, viewers are sure to find someone they can relate to,” said Nishiyama.

    Other new scripted formats to be produced by Nippon TV later this year and in 2022 include the co-production project of an innovative crime drama series with Envision Entertainment in London, which was announced in July.

  • Nippon TV elevates Yoshikuni Sugiyama as new president

    New Delhi: Nippon TV, Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse has elevated its representative director and operating officer Yoshikuni Sugiyama to the role of president and senior executive operating officer.

    He replaces Yoshinobu Kosugi who will be taking the new position of vice chairman and senior executive operating officer of Nippon TV. “President Sugiyama will report to vice chairman and senior executive operating officer Yoshinobu Kosugi and chairman and CEO Yoshio Okubo,” it said in a statement.

    Having had significant growth in its international business, Keiichi Sawa, currently operating officer responsible for Nippon TV’s Global Business Development, which includes International Business Development (IBD), has been promoted to Board Director and operating officer for that division. 

    Board Director Sawa will be responsible for Business Development and Real Estate. He will report to President Sugiyama.

    Nippon TV’s recent scripted format Mother was recently ranked #1 in the Top 10 Traveling Asian Scripted Formats, and Nippon TV also ranked for the first time in the Top Exporter of Asian Unscripted Formats 2020-2021, achieving the third position. The global sales of Mute it!, Sokkuri Sweets, BLOCK OUT, Pharaoh!, Old Enough! and other unscripted formats led to this position, as per the data provided by K7 Media in May 2021.

  • Nippon TV elevates two executives, announces growth plan

    Nippon TV elevates two executives, announces growth plan

    MUMBAI: Currently ranked as the number one commercial TV broadcaster in Japan and having had significant global success since launching its International Business Division (IBD) in 2014, Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV), Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, announced today that IBD is rolling out a comprehensive new global growth plan which includes strategic creative collaborations with international partners as an investment in future business and a way to expand its slate of brands. Marking this as one of Nippon TV’s top priorities, the global growth plan includes the promotion of two key executives within the company. The promotions are effective immediately and both executives will be based in Tokyo. The announcement was made today by Nippon TV board director programming, production, sports, business development operating officer Hiroyuki Fukuda.

    Overseeing this expanded division will be Keiichi Sawa, who has been promoted to operating officer of Nippon TV, while also retaining his current title of president of business development for Nippon TV. He will be responsible for the overall operations of IBD and will report to Fukuda.  Sawa replaces Atsushi Sogo, who will become president of NTV Personnel Center Corp, a group company of Nippon TV.  

    The second promotion is for IBD associate MD Mikiko Nishiyama, who has been promoted to MD of IBD and will report to Sawa. She will be responsible for the day to day operations of IBD.

    “Nippon TV is currently at the top of its game as the ratings champion broadcaster for six consecutive years and our digital strategy is accelerating with Hulu in Japan becoming the leading streaming platform.  Now, the timing is absolutely perfect for the expansion of our international business and I am honored to be leading this amazing IBD team.  My predecessors have done a remarkable job initially creating and ultimately growing Nippon TV’s international business thanks to our partners in the global content industry,” said Sawa.  “Our award-winning scripted formats Mother and Woman –My Life for My Children-, along with our leading unscripted formats Dragons’ Den and BLOCK OUT, are now seen around the world and continue to garner top ratings.”

  • Nippon TV heads to Series Mania Forum with three new scripted formats

    Nippon TV heads to Series Mania Forum with three new scripted formats

    TOKYO: Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV), Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, announced that the company has been officially invited by Laurence Herszberg, founder-general director of Series Mania, to be the first Japanese company to attend Series Mania Forum.

    The company plans to highlight its hit list of scripted titles including Mother, Woman –My Life for My Children-, Abandoned, as well as introduce three of its newest scripted formats, including Top Knife, Off The Record, and Our Dearest Sakura. The announcement was made by KakoKuwahara, Managing Director, International Business Development, Nippon TV.

    In addition, Nippon TV will be hosting a one-hour showcase focusing on how its award-winning drama series, led by Mother and Woman – My Life for My Children, were created and went on to become international hits around the world. On stage during the showcase will be the producer Hisashi Tsugiya from the production department of Nippon TV, who is credited with creating and producing both series along with many others. Also on stage will be Incognita CEO Édouard de Vésinne, who is the producer of the upcoming French version of Mother. The showcase is set for Wednesday, March 25 at 15:15 (3:15pm) at the Salle Artois, followed by networking cocktails at the Lille Grand PalaisMatisse space cocktail room.

    “Since moving to Lille in 2018, Series Mania Forum has truly become the place in Europe where scripted professionals can find the best talent and projects in development, discover new trends, and connect with the top industry players. This is why we are so pleased that Nippon TV accepted our invitation for this year’s event as the first Japanese company officially attending Series Mania Forum and hosting a showcase. We look forward to putting a spotlight on Nippon TV’s content for all of the industry leaders in the global scripted world and welcoming the team to Lille,” said Herszberg.

    “I am delighted to represent Nippon TV as the first Japanese company to host a showcase at Series Mania. When I create my series, I have always focused on the theme of family and its relationships through my dramas such as Mother, Woman –My Life for My Children – and a none. I think this is a theme that is relatable throughout the world at any time. With the big win for Parasite at the Oscars this year, it is a wonderful time to create drama series from Asia. I firmly believe that strong stories from Japan are relevant today and I look forward to meeting many creators from around the world at Series Mania,” stated Tsugiya.

    “We are delighted to have been invited to Series Mania Forum. Our series Mother and Woman –My Life for My Children-are both universal stories that have garnered us a wide recognition in the international market, and we are proud to be able to showcase all of our series to the industry leaders attending Series Mania. Our producer, Tsugiya, is very much looking forward to talking about his creation process and we welcome all participants to join the discussion. We also believe this is the perfect venue for unveiling our three new scripted formats,” added Kuwahara.

  • Nippon TV announces two key promotions – chairman and president

    Nippon TV announces two key promotions – chairman and president

    MUMBAI: Currently ranked as the #1 TV broadcaster in Japan for the past five consecutive years, Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) announced that Mr. Yoshio Okubo, currently President and CEO of Nippon TV, has been appointed to Chairman and CEO of the leading broadcaster, while Mr. Yoshinobu Kosugi, currently serving as Executive Vice President, has been promoted to President of Nippon TV.  Both positions became effective June 27, 2019 and with these new promotions Mr. Kosugi will report directly to Mr. Okubo.