October 24, 2022 Status of Revenues and Expenses of Private Broadcasters in FY2021
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has recently summarized the status of the FY2021 revenues and expenses of private broadcasters.
1. Outline
The status of the FY2021 revenues and expenses is outlined as follows:
Terrestrial basic broadcasters
As for terrestrial basic broadcasters (excluding community broadcasters), their sales increased (8.6% year-on-year), and operating income also increased (110.5% year-on-year) from the previous fiscal year.
As for community broadcasters,* their sales increased (3.6% year-on-year), and operating income also improved from the previous fiscal year.
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The above data excludes data on businesses whose settlement dates have not yet arrived.
Satellite broadcasters
As for satellite broadcasters (satellite basic broadcasters and satellite general broadcasters), the operating revenue of their satellite broadcasting business increased (0.9% year-on-year) and the operating income also increased (2.0% year-on-year) from the previous fiscal year.
Cable television broadcasters
For cable television broadcasters,* the operating revenue of their cable television business decreased (0.3% year-on-year) and operating income also decreased (2.7% year-on-year) from the previous fiscal year.
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Data excludes broadcasters that use the IP multicast method among registered general broadcasters (limited to commercial corporations) and perform independent broadcasts with wired telecommunications equipment.
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The published material is in Japanese only.
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