Wowow (Wauwau; pronounced [waɯwaɯ], stylized in all caps) is a satellite broadcasting and premium satellite television station owned and operated by Wowow Inc. (株式会社WOWOW). Its headquarters are located on the 21st floor of the Akasaka Park Building in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. Its broadcasting center is in Koto, Tokyo.
Credited On
- T.M.Revolution - T.M.R.Live Revolution '06 ~Under Cover~ - T.M.Revolution, released April 18, 2007 (
ESBL-2192). Technical Support. - L'Arc~en~Ciel - TOUR 2007~2008 THEATER of KISS - L'Arc~en~Ciel, released August 27, 2008 (
KSBL-5909). Audio Staff (Yusuke Iwabuchi), Camera Assistant Staff (Hiroki Katsukawa), Camera Staff (Toshihiko Okuno), Technical Director/Camera Staff (Seiji Fujimoto), Technical Manager (Masahiko Ozawa), VTR Staff (Shiro Kikuchi), Video Engineers (Ryosuke Kamogawa). - Hatsune Miku - Hatsune Miku Live Party 2013 in Kansai - Hatsune Miku, released August 30, 2013 (
MKPB-2002-1). Camera (小池キリ), Camera (田辺圭佑), Clear-Com (栗原里実), Connection (石村孝之), Driver (李秀峰), Driver (田村重治), Filmed By, OA MIX (塚越衛), Producer (横山日登美), Producer (片桐大輔), Producer (藤井邦晴), Sub Technical Director (田辺圭佑), Switcher (竹下耕平), Technical Director (飯泉亮), Technical Manager (野藁宗好), Video Engineer (飯泉亮). - ONE OK ROCK - Jinsei Kakete Kimi wa Tour Live & Film - ONE OK ROCK, released October 9, 2013 (
AZBS-1015). Cameraman (Kiri Koike), Cameraman (Takeshi Sobu), Clear-Cam Operator (Kanji Shibuya), Producer (Live) (Akisumi Maruyama), Producer (Live) (Eriko Miura), Recording Staff (Mamoru Tsukakoshi), Sub Technical Director (Takeshi Sobu), Technical Director (Mitsuaki Miyahara), Video Engineer (Mitsuaki Miyahara). - Nightmare - NIGHTMARE 20th Anniversary SPECIAL LIVE GIANIZM Saiaku - Nightmare, released July 15, 2020 (
LHXD-2004). Assistant Producer (Izumi Iguchi), Chief Producer (Akisumi Maruyama), Producer (Tomokazu Ohara).
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History
From the en.wikipedia article Wowow (CC BY-SA 4.0), revision 1374773256.
Overview
Wowow was the first 24/7, 3 channel, full high-definition broadcaster in Japan. The channel's name is a double "Wow", and the three W's also stand for "World-Wide-Watching".
History
Wowow ran a 24-hour test broadcast titled "A Japan-US Two-Way Call-in Show: Space TV Will Change the World" (日米双方向コール・イン・ショー 宇宙テレビが世界を変える) on November 29, 1990, then initiated 12 to 14 hours per day of pre-launch broadcasts the following day. Scrambled programs started airing in February 1991, and regular analog broadcasting began on April 1. One of the channel's first events was investing US$2 million in the filming of The Will Rogers Follies alongside Hollywood producer Pierre Cossette. The goal of the co-production was to bring in more subscribers to the channel, as well as finding a launch hit. By 1992, Wowow had 800,000 subscribers. At the time, foreign feature films, mainly American, made up 40% of its schedule, and had US actor Harrison Ford as its spokesman. One of its earliest hits was the cult US series Twin Peaks, having aired several cycles of all 28 episodes by July 1992, and was responsible for nearly 30% of new subscriptions. The network entered fiscal 1993 accumulating a debt of 40 million yen, accused on poor management, and causing delays to the launch of four private competitors. Digital broadcasting began on December 1, 2000. The network began with 207,753 subscribers (31.5 billion yen in sales), growing to 2,667,414 two years later (64.5 billion yen in sales). As of December 2011, Wowow claimed approximately 2.56 million subscribers to its digital service. On July 24, 2011, Wowow shut down its analog signals. Previously, Wowow's headquarters were in another facility in Akasaka. On October 1, 2011, Wowow expanded their single channel broadcast satellite service to provide four high-definition TV channels: Wowow Prime (WOWOWプライム), a general entertainment channel, Wowow Live (WOWOWライブ), covering sports, documentaries, movies and live performances, Wowow Cinema (WOWOWシネマ), a 24-hour movie channel and Wowow Plus. This last channel, formerly known as Cinéfil Wowow, broadcasts on channel 250 and adopted its current name on December 1, 2020. Wowow also operated a 4K channel which launched in March 2021 and closed on February 28, 2025.
Credited Together
Names credited on every one of the same releases.
- On 3 releases: Haruhiko Takahashi, Hirohide Ibusuki, Mitsuaki Miyahara, Ryota Ide, SIS, Toshihiro Nakamura and WOWOW.
T.M.Revolution - T.M.R. LIVE REVOLUTION '06 -UNDER:COVER-, L'Arc~en~Ciel - TOUR 2007~2008 THEATER of KISS and ONE OK ROCK - Jinsei Kakete Kimi wa Tour Live & Film
Often Credited With
Credited on 2 or more of the same releases, most shared first.
All 52
Sources
- Wikidata entity Q775216.
- en.wikipedia, Wowow (revision 1374773256), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ja.wikipedia, WOWOW (revision 111189245), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photograph: Akasaka-Park-Building-02.jpg on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, by Rs1421.
