TOKYO — Japan’s international 24-hour English-language television channel, NHK World-Japan, became part of Telus’ channel lineup on Tuesday.
As the first operator in Canada to include NHK World-Japan on its platform, Telus plans to provide the channel in HD for free to its viewers in western Canada for three months. The channel will be included in the News International package on Telus’ IPTV service, Optik TV.
“Carriage on Telus in Canada is an important milestone for NHK World-Japan, and we are delighted that our channel is now available to Canadian viewers,” said Shiromoto Masaru, president and CEO of Japan International Broadcasting (JIB), the worldwide distributor of NHK World-Japan, in a press release. “By bringing our original and diverse programming to Telus, we will now have the ability to reach even more viewers, making our wide variety of programs more accessible to new audiences.”
NHK World-Japan features original television programming from NHK, Japan’s sole public broadcaster, and delivers diverse programming featuring hourly live international news from Tokyo and overseas, along with programs on current affairs, lifestyle, culture, food, travel, sports, technology, science and history, with the Japan and Asian perspective.
