The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) counted about 21.9 million terrestrial broadcasting subscribers in Japan in 2021. Terrestrial broadcasting subscribers have contracts that allow for the reception of broadcasting by terrestrial systems only. A comparison by type of contract shows that subscribers with terrestrial contracts were the second largest group among NHK broadcasting subscribers during that year. NHK was founded in 1926 and re-established as a public broadcaster following a new broadcast law in 1950.
Number of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) terrestrial broadcasting subscribers in Japan from 2015 to 2021
(in millions)
The abbreviation "NHK" is based on the Japanese name of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation: Nippon Hoso Kyokai.
Subscribers are those who have made conceiving contracts with NHK based on the possession of an apparatus that can receive the broadcasts of NHK in accordance with the provisions of the Broadcasting Act. The terrestrial contract refers to a broadcast reception contract for the reception of terrestrial television broadcasting only.
Values have been rounded. Data for 2016, 2017, and 2018 come from previous reporting.
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (November 1, 2023). Number of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) terrestrial broadcasting subscribers in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198479/japan-number-nhk-terrestrial-broadcasting-subscribers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) terrestrial broadcasting subscribers in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in millions)." Chart. November 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198479/japan-number-nhk-terrestrial-broadcasting-subscribers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2023). Number of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) terrestrial broadcasting subscribers in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198479/japan-number-nhk-terrestrial-broadcasting-subscribers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nhk) Terrestrial Broadcasting Subscribers in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198479/japan-number-nhk-terrestrial-broadcasting-subscribers/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Number of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) terrestrial broadcasting subscribers in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198479/japan-number-nhk-terrestrial-broadcasting-subscribers/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Number of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) terrestrial broadcasting subscribers in Japan from 2015 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, November 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198479/japan-number-nhk-terrestrial-broadcasting-subscribers/
