All five major commercial TV networks in Japan have agreed to join forces and develop a system that will enable simultaneous broadcasting of broadcast TV content via IP.
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo and Fuji Television Network have agreed in principle to a joint venture with Nippon Television Network and ISP, Internet Initiative Japan.
Once the deal is finalised, the joint venture named JOCDN, will be 20% owned by Internet Initiative Japan with 16% going to each of the five TV broadcasters. JOCDN is developing a system to enable real-time streaming of TV broadcasts over the Internet with free-to-air linear TV image quality.
Initially, all the partners will use the JOCDN system to stream content offered by the Japanese version of Hulu, as well as by TVer. At some stage in the future, JOCDN aims to offer ultra-high-quality 4K video streaming.
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