“THE LIGHT: Illuminated by Shuji Nakamura”
Over 400 million viewers around the world watch the National Geographic Channel. THE U.D.S. planned and produced a documentary program for the channel, called “THE LIGHT: Illuminated by Shuji Nakamura,” about the winner of 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics and the inventor of blue LED lights, Professor Shuji Nakamura. Through the aggressively thorough research we’ve come be known for, as well as some bold negotiations, THE U.D.S. was able to realize the first meeting between Shuji Nakamura and Leo Ezaki, the winner of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1973. In order to capture the new ways in which the “dream technology” of the blue LED is being used, we conducted location shoots in Stockholm, California, Ehime prefecture, Tokushima prefecture, and Tokyo. The completed program was first broadcast on CS (satellite) broadcast, then was made available on Video on Demand as the first 4K offering for the channel. It became a popular program, ranking in the top 5 most watched programs (out of 250 titles of Hikari-TV) for 2 consecutive weeks. As a result, the broadcast area was spread to other parts of the world, as it began in Hong Kong and went on to air in 25 different countries(Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Mongolia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, China, Korea, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait,, Oman, Qatar, Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Marshall Islands). It is scheduled to air in Europe next.
Category: TV Program: Documentary
YEAR: 2015
Title: THE LIGHT: Illuminated by Shuji NAKAMURA
Broadcast: National Geographic Channel
Product: TV Program: Documentary
Production Company: THE U.D.S.
Format: 4K