U-NEXT Holdings 9418

Company Information

Corporate Site 

U-NEXT HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. is a holding company that includes USEN Co., Ltd. , U-NEXT Co., Ltd., ALMEX Co., Ltd., and some others. They have a lot of different businesses, mostly in the media and communications space.

Most people will know it for U-NEXT, a popular video streaming site similar to Netflix here in Japan.

Stock Perks

Categories: Memberships

Rights day

End of March, End of August

Details

Membership to the U-NEXT video streaming service, normally 4,917 for 3 months or 19668 for a year. This lets you watch anything included in the normal service. You also get points depending on how many shares you own. The points can be used for either newer movies that aren't on the included service yet, live events, or even for the additional subscription services for music streaming and a sports package. You can also exchange your points for movie theater tickets. On their main monthly plan you pay 2189yen a month for the streaming service plus 1200 points each month.

Having a U-NEXT subscription also lets you read magazines, there are also some books and manga included but most of those require points. Their video library includes some adult content, which is separated from the main one for some obvious reasons, but the login is the same.

Requirements

100 shares gets you a 3 month voucher plus 1000 points which will expire at the end of the duration.  Since it comes twice a year you get 6 months in total.

If you have 1000 shares, you get a special login which works as long as you keep your shares, and you get 1800 points each month. The way the points work is that you get the 1200 standard points, plus an additional 600 to use for their music streaming service Smart USEN. If you use Smart USEN then the points for that will automatically be deducted, but if you don't listen to any music for the month then the points will be added to your U-NEXT balance instead.

Comment

U-NEXT has a lot of good stuff to watch, and as of this writing they have all of the HBO content. There's a good range of content from classics to newer stuff, and with the points you can watch newer things much earlier than any other service.

If you want to have a permanent active subscription but don't want to buy 1000 shares and can live without the points, one possibility is to have a family member or friend buy 100 shares in their account, which will  then get you 6 more months and you can simply redeem their code right when yours expires.

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