TVer offers content from 115 stations across Japan as of October 2020 and provides access to 650 programs as of 2023.

[10][11] NHK's goal is to increase viewership and public understanding of public broadcasting, and TVer does not require reception equipment capable of receiving NHK broadcasts nor is it subject to a reception contract.

[13] In February 2019, TVer announced that its monthly view count exceeded 90 million and its monthly unique visitors exceeded 13 million, stating that it was the second largest online video platform in size after YouTube.

[18] On January 20, 2020, TVer began a demonstration experiment for the simultaneous distribution of television programs.

[22] On September 30, 2021, TV Tokyo announced that it was preparing to start simultaneously streaming its programs on TVer in December.

Some programs will also be available for "time-shift playback", allowing viewers to watch from the beginning even if the broadcast is already in progress.

[28] In October 2022, TVer became the official live streaming provider of the Japan Series, a role that they continued in 2023 and 2024.

[30] In March 2023, Alongside SportsBull, TVer started the broadcast games of the Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament.

[32] Additionally, according to a survey conducted by Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, the usage rate of TVer was 39.5%, an increase of 7.5 percentage points compared to the previous year.

[33][34] At the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, TVer streamed almost all the events except for some covered by NHK (unless if there was breaking news, such as Japanese earthquake report that will occupied the coverage).