NHK reveals satellite channel cut timeline, part of wider cost cuts

Tokyo Olympics on television in an empty sports bar in Tokyo, August 2021. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Tokyo Olympics on television in an empty sports bar in Tokyo, August 2021. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Japanese public service broadcaster NHK is merging two of its linear satellite channels this November as part of cost-cutting measures that have also seen a pullback in spending on sports rights.

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