TV Tokyo to Distribute Video in Southeast Asia

TV TOKYO (Minato-ku, Tokyo) announced on April 2 that it has invested US$3 million (about 450 million yen) in POPS Worldwide, a Vietnamese company engaged in the video distribution business in Southeast Asia. a Vietnamese company engaged in video distribution in Southeast Asia.

POPS Worldwide will provide animation and other content, and will make a full-scale entry into the video distribution market in Southeast Asia. The investment ratio is undisclosed.

　Pops has distributed more than 1 million contents through its own apps and YouTube.

Pops is the largest video distribution service provider in Southeast Asia, with a total of 690 million registered users in the region. Teletext has provided popular animations such as “NARUTO”.

　Taking the opportunity of this capital and business alliance, Teleto will strengthen the provision of local language dubbed versions of anime in Southeast Asian countries.

In addition to offering “Dragon Quest: Dai no Dai Boken” as a new anime series, the company will also distribute the live-action drama “I Can Become a Wizard If I’m a Virgin Until I’m 30.

Pops will also expand its animation-related business through its e-commerce (EC), e-learning, e-sports, and other online businesses.

　Pops was established in 2008 and is headquartered in the British Cayman Islands. It has offices in Ho Chi Minh City in the south, Bangkok, Thailand, and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Japanese animation is spreading rapidly throughout the world.