Who owns ABEMA?
ABEMA is owned by CyberAgent (Japan, TSE: 4751).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: History - CyberAgent, Inc.. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- CyberAgent, Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2016
- Category
- Internet & digital › Streaming & media › Streaming video
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4751
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About ABEMA
ABEMA is a TV streaming service launched in April 2016 under the name AbemaTV by AbemaTV, Inc., a company CyberAgent established in April 2015 with TV Asahi Corporation. CyberAgent says it offers over 40 channels free of charge, 24 hours a day, including a 24-hour news channel, original dramas, dating reality shows, animation and sports. CyberAgent reports it first made an operating profit from ABEMA in fiscal 2025.
Ownership timeline of ABEMA
- Current owner CyberAgent [1] reported
Where ABEMA sits in CyberAgent
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by CyberAgent
CyberAgent controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in streaming video, and who owns them
The 36 brands in streaming video on Brandtree belong to 24 owners. The largest is AMC Networks, with 5.
About the owner: CyberAgent
CyberAgent is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4751.
CyberAgent is a Tokyo-based internet company founded on 18 March 1998 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since 2000; its head office is in Abema Towers, Shibuya. Its business portfolio is Media & IP, internet advertising, games and investment development. The group operates the ABEMA streaming service and the Ameba blogging service, makes mobile games through subsidiaries such as Cygames, and has added production companies such as Nelke Planning and Nitroplus. Makuake, FC Machida Zelvia and other group companies are not listed because the documents read give no ownership percentage.
🇯🇵 ABEMA and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; ABEMA is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of ABEMA?
The parent company of ABEMA is CyberAgent, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is ABEMA Japanese?
Yes. ABEMA originated in Japan in 2016 and its owner, CyberAgent, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is ABEMA still owned by CyberAgent?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, ABEMA is still owned by CyberAgent. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] History - CyberAgent, Inc. — CyberAgent, Inc., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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