HomeMedia Limited

HomeMedia Limited (株式会社ホームメディア) is a Japanese company based in Shibuya, Tokyo, that plans, produces, and sells multimedia content for the home, spanning television, web, Wii, and smartphones. It was established on April 9, 2008, with capital of 90 million yen, and is led by representative director Tamotsu Machida. The company is best known as the publisher of the Kodomo Kyōiku TV Wii (Children's Educational TV Wii) series, a line of educational WiiWare titles designed as a child's first encounter with Wii software. HomeMedia also manages the design rights, trademark rights, and copyrights for the characters used in its content. Its character property Aiu-e Ō-chan won the 4th Kids Design Award, and in February 2011 the company began selling six songs for children on the iTunes Store. It also brought Aiu-e Ō-chan to the mixi Collection (Mikore) platform. HomeMedia remains a small, privately held publisher focused on early-childhood education and family-oriented digital entertainment in Japan.

HomeMedia Limited was established on April 9, 2008, in Japan, with capital of 90 million yen. It set up its office in Shibuya, Tokyo, at Hillside Terrace C-21 in Sarugakucho. The company positioned itself as a planner, producer, and seller of home-oriented multimedia content across television, the web, Wii, and smartphones, and as a manager of the related design, trademark, and copyright rights for the characters appearing in that content. Its best-known initiative was becoming a Wii publisher with the Kodomo Kyōiku TV Wii series, described as Wii software that children encounter for the first time. The series was released as WiiWare, Nintendo's downloadable software service for the Wii console. HomeMedia's character property Aiu-e Ō-chan received the 4th Kids Design Award, and the character was also featured on the mixi Collection (Mikore) platform. In February 2011, the company began selling six songs for children on the iTunes Store, extending its content beyond game consoles into digital music distribution. The company remains a privately held Japanese publisher focused on early-childhood education and family entertainment.

• HomeMedia Limited established with capital of 90 million yen

• Became a Wii publisher and launched the Kodomo Kyōiku TV Wii series

• Aiu-e Ō-chan won the 4th Kids Design Award

• Began selling six children's songs on the iTunes Store

• Aiu-e Ō-chan appeared on mixi Collection (Mikore)

Family-oriented educational multimedia publisher for young children in Japan.

• Kodomo Kyōiku TV Wii series

  Educational WiiWare titles for young children

• Aiu-e Ō-chan

  Character property that won the 4th Kids Design Award

1. 1株式会社ホームメディア｜こども教育テレビhome-media.jp
2. 2HomeMedia - Wikidatawikidata.org