Japan: number of NHK broadcasting subscribers by contract type 2021

The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) counted approximately 22.7 million subscribers who had broadcast reception contracts for both satellite-based and terrestrial systems in 2021. This category of subscribers overtook terrestrial-only broadcasting subscribers for the first time in 2019. 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) broadcasting subscribers in Japan in 2021, by type of contract (in 1,000s)

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

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. The satellite contract refers to a broadcast reception contract for the reception of television broadcasting by satellite-based and terrestrial systems. The special contract refers to a broadcast reception contract for the reception of television broadcasting only by the satellite system in topographically difficult viewing areas and commercial mobile vehicles, such as trains.

Data for 2016, 2017, and 2018 come from previous reporting.

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