CyberAgent : The Internet TV station “AbemaTV” Reached 5.14 million WAU in New Year’s Week
January 11, 2017 at 10:18 am IST
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'AbemaTV' is a new video streaming service jointly developed by CyberAgent and TV Asahi Corporation as an 'internet TV station.'
The station was opened on a full-scale basis on April 11, 2016 (Monday), and is broadcasting over 30 channels for enjoying a broad range of programs, including original live contents, news, music, and sports, free of charge. It achieved 10 million downloads on November 2, 2016 (Wednesday) and the number of users are growing rapidly.
Viewers can watch it just like TV with various devices, including smartphones, PCs, and tablets without sign up. Additionally, it is strengthening correspondence to new TV devices such as 'Google Cast', 'Amazon Fire TV series' and 'Android TV', and we will continue to expand it in the future. In December 2016, it received the 'Best App' Award in Google Play's 'Best of 2016' Ranking (Japan Edition).
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CyberAgent Inc. published this content on 06 January 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 11 January 2017 04:48:08 UTC.
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CyberAgent, Inc. specializes in providing media and entertainment services over the Internet. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- internet advertisement services (52.9%);
- development and operation of games on smartphones (24.8%);
- media services (18.4%): operation of the Internet TV channel AbemaTV, publishing and operation of Internet portals (operation of the Ameba cybercarnet platform, provision of online dating services via Tapple, operation of video and music exchange sites, etc.);
- other (3.9%).
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