The Satellite-UHDTV Essential Patent License covers receivers and services for UHDTV satellite broadcasting generally known as "4K/8K".
UHDTV satellite broadcasting means the following two types of broadcasting waves:
Advanced wideband satellite digital broadcasting;
Advanced narrowband CS digital broadcasting.
Manufacturers or distributors of UHDTV satellite broadcasting receivers, and providers of UHDTV satellite broadcasting services are required to obtain the Satellite-UHDTV Essential Patent License.
If a company outsources the manufacturing of UHDTV satellite broadcasting receivers to a third party, and the receivers are sold under the company’s brand, then the party which attaches the brand will be required to obtain the license.
Essential Patents (please refer to FAQ page for further information) relating to reception and transmission of UHDTV satellite broadcasting are licensed.
Please refer to the page Essential Patent Portfolio for details regarding the patents to be licensed.
The rates indicated in the table below shall apply, depending on the type of license.
1) UHDTV satellite broadcasting receivers
The following rates indicated in the table below shall apply, depending on the type of broadcasting waves receivable:
① Receivers that can receive UHDTV satellite broadcasting wave (generally known as "4K/8K") only
Receivable UHDTV satellite broadcasting wave | Royalty | |
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Advanced wideband satellite digital broadcasting only | 200 yen/unit | |
Advanced narrowband CS digital broadcasting only | 100 yen/unit | |
Advanced wideband satellite digital broadcasting AND Advanced narrowband CS digital broadcasting |
300 yen/unit |
② Receivers that can receive both UHDTV satellite broadcasting wave (generally known as "4K/8K") and the digital broadcasting wave (generally known as "2K") that are covered under the ARIB Essential Patent License.
If the total royalty amount, calculated by adding the royalty amount applied based on the ARIB Essential Patent License (the “ARIB Royalty”) to the royalty amount of ① above, exceeds the “Total Royalty Cap” listed in the table below, then the amount, calculated by subtracting such “Total Royalty Cap” from the ARIB Royalty, shall apply as the royalty amount.
Receivable UHDTV satellite broadcasting wave | Total Royalty Cap | |
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Advanced wideband satellite digital broadcasting only | 300 yen/unit | |
Advanced narrowband CS digital broadcasting only | 250 yen/unit | |
Advanced wideband satellite digital broadcasting AND Advanced narrowband CS digital broadcasting |
300 yen/unit |
NOTE: If the total royalty amount, calculated by adding the ARIB Royalty to the royalty amount of ① above, does not exceed the “Total Royalty Cap”, then the amounts as listed in ① above are to apply.
2) UHDTV satellite broadcasting services
The following services are covered:
① Advanced wideband satellite digital broadcasting services
② Advanced narrowband CS digital broadcasting services
Royalty separately calculated for each service shall apply.
Royalties for any case other than set forth above shall be separately determined.
Royalties shall be payable at the rates above for the period on and after April 1, 2015.
The license agreement shall take effect retroactively on the first date of the quarterly period that includes the date of agreement execution (the three-month period that begins on either January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1), and shall remain in force until June 30, 2027.
The license agreement shall be automatically renewed for every five years unless otherwise notified six months prior to the expiration date.
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