Appland Launches Appland TV And Appland NEWS On .LIVE YouTube Channel
Appland is placing two shows on the same YouTube channel, splitting the labor between a variety flagship and a monthly information hub, which is how a production with television backing structures a slate rather than a single series.
Key Facts
- Appland announced on September 16 that Appland TV and Appland NEWS will stream on the .LIVE (Dot Live) official YouTube channel.
- Appland TV begins streaming on October 9, and Appland NEWS starts September 25 on the fourth Friday of every month.
- Appland TV has four regular members: Carlo Pino, Hima Megumi Pane, Vermouth Belluna, and Yamato Iori.
- Appland NEWS follows a summer special that streamed on August 22.
- The Appland TV launch campaign runs from September 16, 2026 at 21:00 to September 23, 2026 at 23:59, with ten 1,000 yen and two 10,000 yen Amazon gift cards.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, PANORA.
Appland announced on September 16 that it will stream two regular programs on the .LIVE (Dot Live) official YouTube channel. Appland TV, a television-style variety series, begins October 9. Appland NEWS, an information program, starts September 25 and is scheduled for the fourth Friday of every month. The announcement came as a surprise at the end of a large-scale prank project involving affiliated VTubers. Appland TV puts VTubers through studio segments, location shoots, pranks, physical challenges, and collaborations, drawing on production methods from television. The four regular members are Carlo Pino, Hima Megumi Pane, Vermouth Belluna, and Yamato Iori. Appland NEWS follows a summer special that streamed August 22, and it organizes information about VTuber activities, new content, events, and merchandise. A campaign tied to the Appland TV launch runs from September 16 at 21:00 to September 23 at 23:59, with Amazon gift cards as prizes.
Appland is part of the MBS Group, which operates television broadcasting, since 2023. The company describes Appland TV as a series where Appland uses the planning, production, and network reach it gained as a member of a television station group to push affiliated VTubers into projects it has never attempted.
Two prank videos titled "What if we set up all sorts of things that would never happen to a VTuber?" ran in two parts, and the program announcement came at the end of them.
The four regular members described their own roles as a group. Vermouth Belluna called the lineup "the tsukkomi, the one who pulls things together, the boke, and the big boke (!?)" and said "a chaos you can enjoy with peace of mind awaits." Hima Megumi Pane said of the prank footage, "I want to crawl into a hole." Yamato Iori said the agency's power means "lots of big projects we couldn't do before."
The launch campaign splits into two tracks with separate prize tiers:
- Impression post campaign: post impressions of Appland TV on X with @dotLIVEyoutuber and the campaign hashtag, one entry per account, 10 winners of 1,000 yen Amazon gift cards.
- Clip campaign: submit edited clip videos of company-designated footage with the original video URL and title, up to three entries per account, 2 winners of 10,000 yen Amazon gift cards.
Winners are contacted by direct message from the .LIVE official X account and must reply within 5 days. The Appland NEWS summer special looked back at the first half of 2026 and included interviews at Comiket.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.