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NHK Global Media Services plans and produces most of the programs for the NHK BS-1 channel. Our highly acclaimed news bulletins and other programs help NHK fulfill its mission as a public broadcaster to provide high-quality broadcasts. We play an important role in supporting NHK's terrestrial and digital satelite broadcasts and digital datacasts. We also provide pictures and editing for news and current affairs programs aired on NHK's terrestrial channels.
We have been supporting NHK's sports coverage for many years through relays, program production and the negotiation of broadcasting rights for sporting events. We cover numerous international and overseas events, such as the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, the All-England Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, and U.S. major league baseball. In Japan, we provide coverage of the Grand Sumo tournaments, Japanese professional baseball, marathons, swimming championships, and judo events.
To keep Japan up to date with the latest developments, NHK Global Media Services helps provide NHK with video footage from around the world, 24 hours a day. We can help cover major incidents and disasters, as well as major sporting events, such as the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, and Major League Baseball. Our team of professionals employs a satellite and optic-fibre network that spans the globe.
We convert TV audio into screen captions for the Deaf and the severely hearing impaired. We also produce datacasts for the BS Digital channel, and the digital terrestrial datacasts which are provided from NHK stations around Japan.
NHK Global Media Services operates Bilingual Center, which is one of Japan's largest interpreting and translation agencies. It has more than 1,000 registered staff, who can provide interpreting and translation services in over eighty languages. Bilingual Center staff provide most of the simultaneous interpreting for NHK, and they have earned an excellent reputation for the skills they have displayed as conference interpreters in various high-profile assignments.
The Institute trains leading-edge professionals in the English language, and has produced many outstanding interpreters and news writers. The Institute also provides training in conference interpreting and business translation.
We provide operate a number of websites that can be accessed by computer or mobile phone. The "NHK News & Sports" site for mobile-phone subscribers offers video clips, as well as earthquake bulletins, tsunami warnings/advisories, and other important news flashes. "NHK Sound" gives details about NHK programs, and we also run a site connected to the popular NHK children's show "With Mother".
NHK Global Media Services plans and runs large-scale events and symposia which can contribute to cultural development and community development. We can draw on our wide-ranging domestic and international networks to provide something truly startling and different.
NHK Global Media Services produces a comprehensive range of programs. We have specialists in planning, camera work and editing, who have developed their skills through NHK broadcasts. We have state-of-the-art equipment, including "Hi-Vision" HDTV cameras. NHK Global Media Services is leading the development of DVD and 3-D content, which will have a prominent place in the digital HDTV era.
News, sports images, and other content are provided for in-flight videos, large outdoor screens, as well as the screens inside trains and cars.
NHK Global Media Services offers NHK World Premium, a 24-hour Japanese-language channel providing NHK TV programs, which is available in all parts of the globe. NHK World Premium is available by subscription through local cable/DTH/IPTV operators. Please visit our "Distribution Service for Overseas Broadcasters/Hotels" website if you wish to carry NHK World Premium on your local cable/DTH/IPTV services or hotel/cruise ship. Direct reception is available for a fee to corporate. business, and institutional subscribers in the event your local cable/DHT/IPTV seyvices do not offer NHK World Plemium.
