Consolidated Financial Results for FY2020
Business through affiliated companies: CDN Business
Company Profile
Growth
Strategy
Name
IIJ Ownership
JOCDN Inc.
16.8%
Business Model
IIJ
Internet Initiative Japan
Capital
Establishment
Shareholders
Directors
JPY845 million (including capital reserve)
December 1, 2016
IIJ, Nippon TV, TV Asahi, TBS, TV Tokyo,
Fuji TV, WOWOW, NHK and non-Tokyo
local broadcasters
Chairman: Koichi Suzuki (IIJ CEO)
President: Shunichi Shinozaki (Nippon TV)
Conditions led to create All Japan CDN company
➤ Akamai Technologies (global leader in CDN services, US
company) has had quite dominant position in CDN market
➤ Growing needs to distribute contents over Internet (4K/8K
contents to increase towards the Tokyo Olympics etc.)
➤ Broadcasting companies distributing contents via Internet
Nippon TV owns Hulu Japan
.
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Broadcasting companies operate "TVer" (web platform
operated by Japanese broadcasters where users can watch
some TV programs for free)
IIJ has rich and well-renowned expertise in CDN business
Olympics games, high school base ball games, university
sport and many other popular sports events
Equity method gain related to JOCDN: Turned to
positive in 2Q20, FY20 ¥28 million
CDN: Contents Distribution Network
WOWOW: Prominent satellite broadcaster in Japan
NHK: Japan's only public broadcaster
Ownership Internet connectivity services
* JOCDN
Ownership
CDN service
JOCDN's shareholders & other Japanese broadcasters
Nippon TV
TVer
NHK
WOWOW
Hulu
And more
Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
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