Broadmedia Corporation (4347) Stock Price

Broad Media operates across multiple business segments including education, media content, studio production, broadcasting, technology, and other ventures. The company provides diverse services across each segment and operates broadly across various industries.

In the education segment, the company operates "Renaissance High School Group," a correspondence-based high school. For Japanese language education, it operates "Renaissance Japanese Language Institute," offering Japanese teacher training courses and Japanese language programs for foreign learners. Additionally, it operates programming schools such as "Tech Camp" for AI and programming education.

In the media content segment, the company provides video and comic services including "Crank In! Video" and "Crank In! Comic." It also plans and operates the entertainment information service "Crank In!" and handles television broadcast rights, VOD rights, and DVD/Blu-ray sales.

In the studio production segment, the company produces Japanese subtitles, dubbing, subtitles for hearing-impaired viewers, audio descriptions for visually-impaired viewers, and program promotional content.

In the broadcasting segment, the company produces and broadcasts "BS Fishing Vision," a fishing-focused channel, and supplies programs to cable television stations. It also operates "Fishing Vision Club" and provides fishing-related content.

In the technology segment, the company provides Akamai services including "CDN services" and "security services." For cloud solutions, the company previously offered cloud gaming services and platforms, but these operations have been discontinued.

Other business operations include managing the professional esports team "CAG OSAKA," planning and operating esports-related events, and game publishing for Nintendo Switch, including planning, development, and sales of game software.

Broadmedia aims to achieve growth through its content business by leveraging its proprietary technology platform. The company has set a medium-term goal of "growing through sustainable and ethical business practices," with targets of achieving a consolidated operating profit margin of 10% and ROE of 30% from fiscal year 2024 onwards. The company is particularly focused on driving growth in the "education" and "technology" sectors, and aims to reach these targets by developing its unique integrated education business.

Broadmedia anticipates expansion of the EdTech market, supported by ICT infrastructure development and enhanced programming education in the education sector. Additionally, the company recognizes growing demand for reskilling and recurrent education to address labor shortages caused by digital transformation initiatives and Japan's aging population with declining birth rates, positioning itself to capture growth in the adult education market. In the technology sector, rapid growth is expected through the proliferation of 5G/6G and new solutions in VR, AI, and IoT.

To achieve continued growth in its distance learning high school business, the company is focusing on expanding student capacity and securing excellent educators. The company is also advancing investment and development of next-generation businesses, aiming to expand the scale of existing education operations and improve performance. To enhance operational efficiency, the company is optimizing personnel allocation and consolidating management structures to drive performance improvements.

The company places emphasis on human capital investment, advancing the recruitment and development of personnel with specialized expertise. To create an environment where diverse talent can thrive, the company is strengthening recruitment efforts and implementing fair personnel evaluation systems. The company is also enhancing investor relations activities, working to provide accurate information to stakeholders through timely disclosure of information.