Fifty years of NHK’s educational programming

NHK's educational channel, Educational TV, just reached its 50th anniversary last month. To mark this commemorative year, ETV will be airing numerous special programs and taking part in special projects. One such initiative is 'Challenge,' the European Broadcasting Union's Youth Documentary Exchange, the mandate of which is to create 15-minute docs aimed at a 10- to 12-year-old audience. Realscreen spoke with Ritsuko Sakai, senior producer of NHK's program production department and Tomoko Kumanomido, associate director of NHK's programming department, about the longevity of ETV and the channel's project for the EBU.

February 11, 2009

NHK's educational channel, Educational TV, just reached its 50th anniversary last month. To mark this commemorative year, ETV will be airing numerous special programs and taking part in special projects. One such initiative is 'Challenge,' the European Broadcasting Union's Youth Documentary Exchange, the mandate of which is to create 15-minute docs aimed at a 10- to 12-year-old audience. Realscreen spoke with Ritsuko Sakai, senior producer of NHK's program production department and Tomoko Kumanomido, associate director of NHK's programming department, about the longevity of ETV and the channel's project for the EBU.