Downtown Channel (tentative name) 11 / 1 start
Downtown's Internet distribution service "Downtown Channel (tentative name)" was announced on November 20th on the official website of Yoshimoto Kogyo.
"Announcement of the start of the new distribution service 'Downtown Channel (tentative name)'," "We are pleased to announce that we will start a new service 'Downtown Channel (tentative name)' that will deliver content by our company's downtown for a fee on Saturday, November 1, 2025."
"For this service, we have newly built our own distribution platform that supports subscriptions. It also incorporates a function that allows users to participate and can be viewed on smartphones, computers, and TVs," he explained. "In addition, for new content to be distributed on the Downtown Channel (tentative name), we will create it using the funds of the content fund established by our company and invested by domestic and foreign companies."
"Details such as service names, fees, and content will be announced as soon as they are decided. Please look forward to the new delivery service," he said.
Yoshimoto Kogyo received investments from domestic and overseas companies in December last year and established a fund with a view to developing business such as overseas sales. It is expected to be billions of yen, and the funds will also be used for the production of the first content of this channel. According to the interview, the channel will be deployed within FANY, which is an affiliate of Yoshimoto and handles ticket sales. It is expected to be a subscription (flat-rate) system that charges as needed.
Downtown suspended activities to focus on the trial with the publisher from January last year due to the influence of Hitoshi Matsumoto (61) being reported on the suspicion of sexual acts on women in a weekly magazine. In November of the same year, the trial ended with mutual agreement, but the activity remains suspended. Attention is focused on the trend in the same channel as a place to return.
ダウンタウンチャンネル（仮称）が始まることにより、ファンにとっては見逃せないエンタメ体験が期待できます。特に注目されているのは松本人志さんの復帰の可能性で、長らく活動休止していた彼の新たな一歩を見届けたいという声が多く聞かれます。 この新配信サービスは独自のプラットフォームで、視聴者参加型の機能 も導入予定という点が魅力的です。スマートフォンやパソコン、テレビで気軽にコンテンツを楽しめるため、日常のさまざまなシーンで利用できるでしょう。 また、吉本興業が国内外の企業からの出資を得て制作するコンテンツは多様なジャンルが予想され、従来のテレビ放送とは違った新鮮な作品が増えることにも期待が膨らみます。参加者同士が交流できる機能も、ファンコミュニティを盛り上げる要素として注目されています。 松本人志さんと浜田雅功さんがスーツ姿で並ぶプロモーション画像も公開され、落ち着いた雰囲気と本格的なサービス開始を印象づけています。復帰に向けた彼らの意気込みや、新時代の配信サービスの詳細発表が今後ますます楽しみです。 ダウンタウンがこれまで培ってきたコメディの魅力や新たな企画がどのように配信されるか、視聴者のワクワク感は高まっているため、今後のアプリリリース情報や料金プランの発表をこまめにチェックしておくことをおすすめします。