3 July, 2017 – The BBC has named Dan Inamoto as the new Managing Director of BBC World Japan – part of BBC Global News Ltd, starting on 3 July, 2017. With strong business leadership skills, Dan’s strengths in digital activation will help the BBC grow its digital activities in Japan whilst maximizing traditional TV revenue streams.
Dan previously worked as Business Director at AKQA Japan, the well-known global digital marketing communications agency, where he played a critical role in growing the business from the ground up. Dan has previous experience in marketing and other commercial and business-focused roles including at digital marketing agency Digitas (now Digitas LBi) in New York.
The BBC has been expanding its digital presence globally and launched a Japanese-language news website – BBC.jp – in 2015. BBC Global News Ltd continues to grow its audiences around the world, with BBC World News television and BBC.com now reaching a weekly audience of 121m, including record figures of 99m for the international news channel.
The BBC has been expanding its digital presence globally and launched a Japanese-language news website – BBC.jp – in 2015. BBC Global News Ltd continues to grow its audiences around the world, with BBC World News television and BBC.com now reaching a weekly audience of 121m, including record figures of 99m for the international news channel.
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For further information, please contact:
Yuki Arakawa, Marketing Communications, BBC World Japan
Yuki.arakawa@bbc.com / (8180) 7825 6616
BBC World News and BBC.com, the BBC’s commercially funded international 24-hour English news platforms, are owned and operated by BBC Global News Ltd. BBC World News television is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, and over 433 million households and 3 million hotel rooms. The channel’s content is also available on 178 cruise ships, 53 airlines, including 13 distributing the channel live inflight, and 23 mobile phone networks. BBC.com offers up-to-the-minute international news, in-depth analysis and features, including BBC Capital, BBC Culture, BBC Future and BBC Travel, for PCs, tablets and mobile devices to more than 95 million unique browsers each month.
Launched on October 2015, BBC.jp offers a mixture of business, entertainment, technology, and sport stories in Japanese, alongside news, analysis and features from the BBC’s network of journalists around the globe, specially curated for discerning Japanese audiences.