The Japanese Market for UK Films - BFI
The Japanese Market for UK Films - BFI
The Japanese Market for UK Films - BFI
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NTT GROUP<br />
NTT group has 3 IP multicast services distributing almost the same services.<br />
1) OCN <strong>The</strong>atre (Originally NTT Communications’ service)<br />
2) Plala Networks (Originally NTT East’s Service)<br />
3) On Demand TV (Originally NTT West’s Service)<br />
Table 1-9-7 IP Multicasts by NTT Group<br />
(This chart shows the original scheme)<br />
Company OCN <strong>The</strong>atre Plala Networks<br />
(4th MEDIA)<br />
Original<br />
company<br />
ownership<br />
Collaborator<br />
For TV<br />
Contents<br />
Overview<br />
NTT<br />
Communications<br />
and other<br />
shareholders<br />
NTT East<br />
and other<br />
shareholders<br />
None On Line TV<br />
(Jupiter TV)<br />
VOD service<br />
with NEO<br />
(Current NEO<br />
INDEX)<br />
TV channels and<br />
VOD service<br />
71<br />
On Demand TV<br />
NTT West<br />
and other<br />
shareholders<br />
I- Cast<br />
TV channels and<br />
VOD service<br />
As shown in the above chart, there are similar 3 services. Although it is <strong>for</strong>ecast<br />
that these will be integrated into one service under the NTT Communications<br />
umbrella, this has not been officially announced and the details have not been<br />
reported as of September 2007.<br />
NTT Goup & NGN<br />
NGN stands <strong>for</strong> Next Generation Network. NTT group is aiming to start the<br />
service using NGN by the end of 2007 or early 2008. In a nutshell, NGN is a<br />
more secure, one stop telecommunications network using IPv6 to take over the<br />
existing network. <strong>The</strong> bandwidth is guaranteed and will be more stable<br />
compared to the existing network. It is said that this network is more<br />
appropriate to deliver images such as TV programmes and movies.