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Interchannel, Inc. (
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Company type | Division |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | October 2, 1995 |
Defunct | March 1, 2010 |
Fate | Intellectual properties acquired by Lightweight |
Headquarters | Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Parent | NEC (1995-2004) Index Corporation (2004-2010) |
History
editInterchannel was founded on October 2, 1995 as an NEC subsidiary named NEC Interchannel, Ltd. (NECインターチャネル
In 2006, Index Corporation opened their own music label, Index Music, from assets acquired from IC Avenue, where they specialize in publishing music from kids' anime series.[7] In 2008, T.Y. Limited took over their music label, and in 2013, the music label was transferred over to Dreamusic under a new label, Feel Mee.[8]
In November 2007, GungHo Online Entertainment acquired the video game assets of Interchannel from Index Corporation,[9] however, the Interchannel logo and copyright was maintained by Index Corporation. On March 1, 2010, Lightweight acquired Interchannel.[10] On July 21, 2023, video game developer M2 purchased the rights of NEC Interchannel games published for the Super CD-ROM² systems from Lightweight.[11][12] Despite this, NEC Interchannel only published two titles in the system: Puyo Puyo CD Tsuu and De-Ja.
References
edit- ^ "インターチャネルのあゆみ". Interchannel. Archived from the original on 2004-10-21. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "The History of NEC Interchannel". Interchannel. Archived from the original on 2004-08-15. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ NEC selling off its game subsidiary - PlayStation 2 News at GameSpot
- ^ "@fun STAGE". Interchannel. 2004-07-23. Archived from the original on 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "@fun STAGE". Interchannel. 2004-08-28. Archived from the original on 2004-08-28. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ New European Publisher Emerges
- ^ Toru Furukawa (2006-03-31). "インデックス、レコード
会社 「インデックス ミュージック」を発足 ". CNET (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-02. - ^ "ティー ワイ エンタ、
一部 事業 をドリーミュージックパブリッシングへ承継 ". Musicman (in Japanese). 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2018-11-02. - ^ Thomson Financial. Thomson Financial. October 15, 2007. p. 39.
- ^ "
事業 譲渡 に関 するお知 らせ" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-10. Retrieved 6 July 2021. - ^ "「PCエンジン
用 ゲームソフト」に関 する権利 譲渡 のお知 らせ | M2有限 会社 エムツー | M2 Co., Ltd". 21 July 2023. - ^ "「Pcエンジン
用 ゲームソフト」に関 する権利 譲渡 のお知 らせ | お知 らせ | ニュース".