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Nippon TV logo
NTV
Launch date August 28, 1953
Owner: Yomiuri Group
Website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/

Nippon Television Network Corporation (日本テレビ放送網株式会社 Nippon Terebi Hōsōmō Kabushiki-gaisha?) (Template:Tyo), doing business as Nippon TV, is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as (日本テレビ Nihon Terebi?), contracted to (日テレ Nittere?), and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".

History of Nippon Television[]

  • September 4, 1951: Matsutaro Shoriki announces his plan to create Nippon TV.
  • July 1952: Nippon TV is granted the first TV broadcasting license in Japan.[1]
  • October 28, 1952: Nippon Television Network Corporation is established.[2]
  • August 28, 1953: Nippon Television starts to broadcast television; it is the first commercial television broadcaster in Japan.
  • September 10, 1960: Nippon Television is given the right to broadcast colour television.[3]
  • April 1, 1966: Nippon News Network (NNN) is formed.
  • October 9, 1969: Matsutaro Shoriki, the founder of NTV, dies.
  • 1972: Nippon Television Network System (NNS) is formed.
  • 1974: NTV's London News Bureau opens.
  • 1985: NTV completes a television studio in New York City, which is later sold to CBS.
  • 1987: NTV's cable news channel, NCN, is launched.
  • 1993: Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli, Inc. designs Nippon Television's mascot character Nandarō (なんだろう? lit. What Is It?) to commemorate the channel's 40th Anniversary.
  • April 1998 NCN relaunches as 24-hour news channel, NNN24, available via cable (within Japan) and satellite (in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan).
  • July 2003: The internal network name changes (日テレ, Nippon Television), however "NTV" is still used for overseas as the same font as "日テレ".
  • February 29, 2004: Nippon TV moves its headquarters from Kojimachi to Shiodome.
  • 2011: Nittele becomes the top broadcaster in Japan, beating the previous record-holder Fuji Television.[4] NTV's victory was propelled by high ratings of its Wednesday nightly drama Kaseifu no Mita.
  • April 26, 2012: Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation is founded.
  • October 1, 2012: Nippon Television Network Corporation (first) transitions to a certified broadcasting holing company, Nippon Television Holdings, Inc., and Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation is renamed Nippon Television Network Corporation (second).
  • February 1–2, 2013: NTV and NHK General TV (which is also celebrating its own 60th year) collaborate for a two-day TV special.
  • January 2014: English name changed from Nippon Television to Nippon TV.

Life and events[]

On March 9, 1984, Dan Goodwin, aka Spider Dan, Skyscraperman, in a paid publicity event, used suction cups to climb the 10 floor Nippon Television Kojimachi Annex in Chiyoda.[5]

Cultural projects[]

1980s : The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City was cleaned with NTV's financial help.[6]

April 2005 : The Mona Lisa Viewing Room at the Louvre, Paris, was completed. The renovation was sponsored by NTV.

July 2010 : The renovation of the exhibition area in the Louvre for Venus de Milo was also completed with the support of NTV.[7]

Shareholders[]

  • as of March 31, 2013[8]
  1. The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings: 14.6%
  2. Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation: 6.4%
  3. The Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo): 6.0%
  4. CBNY-ORBIS Funds: 3.8%
  5. Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account): 3.8%
  6. Teikyo University: 3.7%
  7. CBNY-ORBIS SICAV: 3.5%
  8. State Street Bank & Trust Company: 3.0%
  9. NTT DoCoMo, Inc.: 3.0%
  10. The Master Trust Bank of Japan Ltd. (trust account): 2.7%

Broadcasting[]

Digital TV[]

  • Call sign: JOAX-DTV
  • Remote controller ID 4
  • Tokyo Tower: Channel 25
  • Mito: Channel 14
  • Utsunomiya: Channel 34
  • Maebashi: Channel 33
  • Hiratsuka: Channel 25

Analog TV[]

Stopped analog TV on July 24, 2011.

  • Call sign: JOAX-TV
  • Tokyo Tower: Channel 4
  • Mito: Channel 42
  • Hitachi: Channel 54
  • Utsunomiya: Channel 53
  • Nikko: Channel 54
  • Maebashi: Channel 54
  • Kiryu: Channel 53
  • Numata: Channel 53
  • Hiratsuka: Channel 35

Networks[]

  • Headquartered in Osaka, broadcast in the Kansai area: Yomiuri TV, Analog Channel 10, Digital Channel 14 [ID: 10]
  • Headquartered in Nagoya, broadcast in the Chukyo area: Chukyo TV, Analog Channel 35, Digital Channel 19 [ID: 4]
  • Headquartered in Sapporo, broadcast in Hokkaidō: Sapporo TV, Analog Channel 5, Digital Channel 21 [ID: 5]
  • Headquartered in Aomori, broadcast in Aomori Prefecture: RAB Aomori Broadcasting, Analog Channel 1, Digital Channel 28 [ID: 1]
  • Headquartered in Morioka, broadcast in Iwate Prefecture: Television Iwate, Analog Channel 35, Digital Channel 18 [ID: 4]
  • Headquartered in Sendai, broadcast in Miyagi Prefecture: Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Analog Channel 34, Digital Channel 24 [ID: 4]
  • Headquartered in Akita, broadcast in Akita Prefecture: Akita Broadcasting System, Analog Channel 11, Digital Channel 17 [ID: 4]
  • Headquartered in Yamagata, broadcast in Yamagata Prefecture: Yamagata Broadcasting Company, Analog Channel 10, Digital Channel 16 [ID: 4]
  • Headquartered in Fukushima, broadcast in Fukushima Prefecture: Fukushima Central Television, Analog Channel 33, Digital Channel 27 [ID: 4]
  • Headquartered in Niigata, broadcast in Niigata Prefecture: Television Niigata Network, Analog Channel 29, Digital Channel 26 [ID: 4]
  • Headquartered in Toyama, broadcast in Toyama Prefecture: Kitanihon Broadcasting, Analog Channel 1, Digital Channel 28 [ID: 1]
  • Headquartered in Kanazawa, broadcast in Ishikawa Prefecture: TVkanazawa, Analog Channel 33, Digital Channel 17 [ID:4]
  • Headquartered in Nagano, broadcast in Nagano Prefecture: TV. Shinshu, Analog Channel 30, Digital Channel 14 [ID: 4]

Offices[]

File:Nittele tower Shiodome 2007-2.jpg

Nippon Television Tower (headquarters) in Minato, Tokyo, Japan

  • The Headquarters (Shiodome NTV Tower): 6-1, Higashi-Shimbashi Itchome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
  • Kojimachi Studio (the studios): Nibancho, Chiyoda, Tokyo
  • Kansai Branch Office: Kintetsu Dojima Building, 2-2, Dojima Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture


TV programs[]

News[]

  • ZIP! (morning news(5:20~8:00[JST]))
  • News Every (Evening news(16:53~19:00[JST]))
  • News Zero (Midnight news(22:54~23:57[JST]))
  • NNN News 24 (24-hour news channel)

Drama[]

  • Nobuta wo Produce (野ブタ。をプロデュース, 2005)
  • Gokusen (ごくせん, 2002/2005/2008)
  • 14 year-old Mother (14才の母, 2006)
  • Yasuko to Kenji (2008)
  • Mother (2010)
  • Kaseifu no Mita (2011) - the highest watched show of 2011 in Japan
  • Muse no Kagami (2012)

Variety[]

  • Family Wisdom of the Itos (伊東家の食卓): end
  • Question for one hundred million people!? Waratte Koraete! (1億人の大質問!?笑ってコラえて!)
  • Guruguru Ninety Nine (Gurunai, ぐるぐるナインティナイン, ぐるナイ)
  • Nazo o toke! Masaka no Mistery (謎を解け!まさかのミステリー): end
  • Sekaiichi Uketai Jugyo (世界一受けたい授業)
  • Magical Zunou Power!! (マジカル頭脳パワー!!): 1990-1999
  • Enta no Kamisama ~the god of Entertainment~ (エンタの神様 ~the god of Entertainment~)
  • Tokujo! Tensei Shingo (特上!天声慎吾): end
  • Sekai Marumie! TV Tokusoubu (世界まる見え!テレビ特捜部)
  • The! Tetsuwan! DASH!! (ザ!鉄腕!DASH!!)
  • Gyoretsu no dekiru Horitsu Sodanjo (行列の出来る法律相談所)
  • Dotch Cooking Show (どっちの料理ショー, Yomiuri Telecastiong Corp.): end
  • Shōten (笑点;the second longest running TV show in Japan, continuously broadcast since May 1966).
  • Gaki no tsukai (DownTown's Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, ガキの使いやあらへんで!!)
  • Arashi no Shukudai-kun (嵐の宿題くん)
  • BabyTV (ベイビーTV)
  • Cartoon KAT-TUN (カートゥンKAT-TUN, Kātūn Katūn?)
  • AKBingo!
  • Kyosen to Maetake no Geba Geba 90 pun (Gyosen x Maetake's Geba Geba 90 minutes 巨泉×前武ゲバゲバ90分!)
  • Karikyura Mashin (Curriculumachine カリキュラマシーン)
  • Music Lovers

Sport[]

  • Dramatic Game 1844 (Yomiuri Giants, baseball games)
  • Japanese Professional Wrestling
    • All Japan Pro Wrestling (全日本プロレス, 1972–2000 - now under JAITS)
    • Pro Wrestling Noah (プロレスリング・ノア, 2001–2009 - terrestrial, 2009-present - Nittele G+)
    • Wrestle-1 ("Wrestle-1 Fighting Entertainment", 2014 - OUTBREAK, live special)
    • Fortune KK (2014 - premiere show, live special)
  • TNA Impact Wrestling (American professional wrestling, weekly show)
  • Hakone Ekiden
  • Xerox Super Cup
  • All Japan High School Soccer Tournament
  • National Football League (NFL)
  • Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP)
  • NASCAR (Nittele G+, Sprint Cup Series only, Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series are not broadcast)
  • FIFA Club World Cup
  • Copa Sudamericana (Nittele G+ only)
  • Yokohama International Women's Marathon
  • Women's World Cup of Golf
  • World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup
  • Japan LPGA Tour Championship
  • 2013-14 Ashes Series

Special TV programs[]

  • Kin-chan and Shingo Katori's All Japan Costume Grand Prix (欽ちゃん&香取慎吾の全日本仮装大賞)
  • 24 Hour Television, Love Saves the Earth (24時間テレビ「愛は地球を救う」, annual telethon on the TV stations of NNS)
  • Trans America Ultra Quiz (アメリカ横断ウルトラクイズ)
    • All Japan High School Quiz Championship (全国高等学校クイズ選手権)
  • Nippon Television Music Festival (日本テレビ音楽祭)

Animation[]

The company has intimate connections with Studio Ghibli, led by Hayao Miyazaki, and holds the exclusive rights to broadcast their motion pictures. It has also produced and broadcast popular anime series like Claymore, Death Note, Hajime no Ippo, as well as Detective Conan and InuYasha (which are produced through its Osaka affiliate, Yomiuri TV). As of now, NTV is currently producing a second anime adaptation of Hunter × Hunter. NTV has also been broadcasting the yearly Lupin III TV specials since 1989, which they co-produce with TMS Entertainment. Nippon Television announced on February 8, 2011, that it would make the anime studio Madhouse its subsidiary after becoming the primary stockholder at about 85%, via a third-party allocation of shares for about 1 billion yen (about US$12 million).[9][10] On January 29, 2014, Nippon Television announced that it will purchase a 54.3% stake in Tatsunoko Production and adopt the studio as a subsidiary.[11][12]

See also[]

  • Television station
  • Japanese media
  • Hato no kyojitsu (Dove's Day Off), NTV's station identification

External links[]

References[]


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