[KineJapan] Variety: VOD growing steadily in Japan

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

on a related note, I found out just now Uplink Cloud, a
VOD service with some interested titles (Soda’s documentaries for instance)
https://t.co/WHFS6ncjGb

Matteo Boscarol
ボスカロル マッテオ
記憶ただ陽炎のゆらめき
- Documentary in Japan and Asia
http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com
- Film writer for Il Manifesto
http://ilmanifesto.it



> On Mar 22, 2018, at 11:50, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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> There was a Dokuritsu Eiga Nabe at OAFF last weekend. The outlook for indecent films in Japan was dim, a pretty typical discussion of late. It’s not so hard to make a film, but it is very tough to show it. Even tougher to base a career on it. 
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> I’ve always been struck that VOD doesn’t get much or any attention in these discussions. Variety reports steady and healthy growth:
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> “Amazon nearly doubled its share and Netflix grew strongly in Japan’s streaming market last year as the two global services try to raise their profiles in Asia........Total SVOD sales last is estimated at 183 billion yen ($1.7 billion), a 12.2% increase from the year before. GEM forecasts that Japan’s streaming market will grow to 255 billion yen ($2.4 billion) in 2022.”
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> Amazon, Netflix Gain Ground in Japanese Streaming Market.    Variety Japan.        March 21, 2018 6:48AM PDT
> http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/amazon-netflix-gain-ground-japan-streaming-1202729953/
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