Softbank, the most advanced mobile operator in Japan wants to become a a TV broadcasting company when the the new digital tv licenses are launched Wall Street Journal reports.The chief executive of Softbank, Masayoshi Son, said a service integrating Internet content and on-demand video with live terrestrial television programming could be a logical step after the company acquired Japan's third-largest mobile operator last year.
Softbank today offers mobile telephony, broadband, media, games, financial services and an existing limited number of tv channels. The offering is said to be too narrow for the tv market, which is why the founder wants and chief executive, Masayoshi Son wants his own tv license.
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