Media Business

ABEMA aspires to be the TV for the future with free live streaming, simultaneous feeds, news coverage, and convenience, setting it apart from the crowd of competing video streaming services. It offers around 25 channels and is available for free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The unique advantages of our internet services, with the ability to dynamically structure and program the channel to include news during disasters and press conferences of international interest, have evolved into an original service that plays an essential role in the social infrastructure.

Based on our "Technology-led CyberAgent" vision, our technological advantages have been cultivated through aggressive investment in technological innovation, including technology research and the hiring and training of engineering talent, allowing us to develop products with speed while maintaining a high level of quality, and they have become the foundation of our competitiveness.
WAU surpassed 30 million*1 during the FIFA World Cup in November 2022, making it the highest in streaming history and generating significant buzz. This was due in part to ABEMA's distinctive viewing experience, which included multi-angle video. This was a great example of how advanced ABEMA's technological capabilities are, as we were able to maintain stable streaming even with a record-breaking number of simultaneous connections in Japan.

• * Number of viewers from November 21–27, 2022, when Japan's first and second round matches were played.

As demand for video streaming services rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was fierce competition for quality. In response, we have focused efforts on producing original works with the goal of creating world-class content of the highest quality.
BABEL LABEL, our consolidated subsidiary, has formed a strategic partnership with Netflix to foster world-class creative production advantages and produce high-quality video content, and we are committed to continuing to create top-quality content by leveraging the advantages of our unique approach to cultural shifts and trends.

Since ABEMA's inception in 2016, we have worked to expand the development of its peripheral businesses. WINTICKET, one of these peripheral businesses, was a later-developed service in the market. Despite this, WINTICKET and ABEMA achieved a high level of affinity, and WINTICKET now holds the top share in online cycle race betting.
We also began offering ABEMA PPV ONLINE LIVE, which provides pay-per-view viewing of live concerts and fighting events developed in-house, and in June 2023, Nelke Planning Co., Ltd., a 2.5-dimensional musical stage production company, was integrated as a consolidated group company.
Using our ability to generate a diverse range of products as a competitive advantage, we will continue to monetize our media business by leveraging the Group's synergies, with ABEMA playing a central role.