Media & Digital Business Unit
Business Lines
- Media businesses in the cable television, multi-channel programming distribution and movie segments, as well as TV shopping business
- 5G* related businesses
- Digital media-related business and video content-related business
- ICT platform business, digital solution business, Global Corporate Venture Capital and Accelerator program
- Smart communications infrastructure business and value-added service business
- 5G: 5th Generation Mobile Communication System
Business Overview
The Media & Digital Business Unit is engaged in businesses in the areas of media, digital business and smart communications platform.
In the media field, we reinforce our revenue base by ensuring the continued growth of J:COM, Japan's largest cable TV operator, and Jupiter Shop Channel, a TV shopping company, and by focusing on promising 5G related businesses and digital media-related businesses.
In the digital business field, we have concentrated our digital talent at the DX Center and accelerate our digital transformation, closely collaborating with our IT service company, SCSK.
We globally invest in start-up companies to take in their new advanced technologies and promote our digital innovation.
In the smart communications platform field, we build a foundation for the smart society through expansion of T-GAIA, the Group's mobile phone distribution company and telecommunication business with value-added services in Myanmar and Ethiopia.
Organization
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Media & Digital Business Unit
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Planning & Coordination Dept., Media & Digital Business Unit
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General Manager |
Media Division
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Cable TV Dept.
5G business Dept.
Media Contents Dept.
Media Commerce Dept.
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Digital Business Division
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Digital Solution Business Dept.
Digital Business Development Dept.
Innovation & Investment Dept. No.1
Innovation & Investment Dept. No.2
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Smart Communications Platform Business Division
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Smart Infrastructure Business Dept. No.1
Smart Infrastructure Business Dept. No.2
Smart Service Business Dept. No.1
Smart Service Business Dept. No.2
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Media & Digital Business Unit
- May 15, 2023
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Capital increase for M-KOPA, a digital financial services company in sub-Saharan Africa
- May 08, 2023
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Investment in DABCO, UK-based Digital platform provider for connected devices
- Oct. 07, 2022
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Launch of telecommunications services in Ethiopia
- Sep. 14, 2022
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Demonstration Experiment on the Use of Local 5G Systems in the Railway Industry
- Aug. 31, 2021
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Sumitomo, Tokyu Railways, and Fujitsu Conduct Demonstration Experiment on the Use of Private 5G Systems in the Railway Industry
