Sunrise adds NHK World Premium
NOVEMBER 2, 2023 23.21 EUROPE/LONDON BY JÖRN KRIEGER

Swiss network operator Sunrise has added Japanese pay-TV channel NHK World Premium to its offering on November 1, 2023.

The channel, which customers can subscribe to via the Japan package, offers a general interest service with news, series, music, children’s programmes and sports from the four domestic NHK channels. Broadcasting in Japanese language for viewers abroad, NHK World Premium is available in a total of 20 million households in over 100 countries.

Sunrise is the first platform operator to distribute NHK World Premium in Switzerland. The Liberty Global subsidiary also offers English-language free-TV news channel NHK World-Japan as part of its line-up.