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85-476: MBS is a core station of the Japan News Network (JNN), with TBS TV as its key station. MBS is a member of the "Five Company Federation" (comprising it, TBS, HBC, CBC and RKB) and is also a major shareholder of TBS Holdings. It distributes G-Guide EPG data, and used to distribute analog G-Guide program data to Tokushima Prefecture, where the only commercial TV station is affiliated to NNN/NNS. During

170-564: A 31.5% stake. Yasuhiro Takatsuna, an official from TBS Holdings, was appointed as the new company's president. Its predecessor, Radio Tokyo, Inc. , was established in 1951 as a general broadcaster. On April 1, 1955, it launched as the second privately owned TV station in Japan, following Nippon Television , and simultaneously became the only TV and radio station in Tokyo (spun off in 2001). At that time, Radio Tokyo incorporated local stations into

255-609: A JNN news agreement with 15 TV stations from across Japan on August 1, 1959, creating Japan's first TV network, the Japan News Network (JNN). By the end of that year, the number of JNN-affiliated stations had increased to 18. The JNN news agreement stipulated that each station would be responsible for news gathering in its own region and was obligated to provide the news materials it collected to JNN. It also prohibited exchanging news materials with other networks or broadcasting news programs and other content from other networks. The following year, KRT, CBC, ABC, RKB, and HBC established

340-418: A KRT survey conducted from November to December 1955, KRT's average audience rating from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm was 24.4%, slightly ahead of Nippon TV's 24.1% and NHK's 21.9%. The income of Radio Tokyo's television division increased after broadcasting began, surpassing that of the radio division in 1957. In the early days of broadcasting, American TV series such as Adventures of Superman and Lassie played

425-668: A TBS employee into space, making them Japan's first astronaut. This initiative was known as the TBS Universe Project. A total of 163 employees from the TBS Group applied for selection. After physical examinations, written tests, and evaluations by the Soviet Union, Toyohiro Akiyama and Ryoko Kikuchi emerged as the final candidates. In October 1989, Akiyama and Kikuchi traveled to the astronaut training center near Moscow for their training. After 13 months of training,

510-685: A disaster information sharing partnership agreement was signed between FM802 and FM COCOLO operated by the company. Among the TV stations in Osaka, it is located in a busy area, and the front of the head office is also used by commuters on weekdays. In the neighborhood, there are business and commercial facilities such as "Chayamachi Applause" where the Umeda Arts Theater is located , Hankyu Corporation headquarters building, Umeda Loft, NU Chayamachi, etc. The current office building can be seen from inside

595-643: A financial crisis, causing TBS to become less popular among the core newspaper bureaus, after MBS affiliation was transferred from ANN to JNN in 1975. In 1979, TBS introduced the promotional slogan "TBS for the BEST," marking its peak performance and ratings at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s. During audience rating surveys in the spring and autumn of 1978, all 24 JNN-affiliated stations achieved top rankings in both prime-time and full-day audience ratings. From 1977 to 1980, TBS held first place in turnover among all flagship stations for four consecutive years. In 1980,

680-434: A joint stockholding company with TBS for business integration, but TBS rejected this proposal, leading to serious confrontation between the two companies. On November 30 of the same year, Lotte and TBS reached a settlement through financial institutions and agreed to begin business cooperation. However, on February 28, 2007, then TBS President Hiroshi Inoue announced that TBS had terminated its partnership with Lotte and released

765-476: A major adjustment with MOVE, broadcasting variety shows from Monday to Thursday, but this did not yield results. However, starting in 1993, with a recovery in TV drama ratings, TBS's prime-time and evening ratings rose to third place from October 1993 to March 1994. In October 1994, TBS moved into its new headquarters, the TBS Broadcasting Center. During the week of the move, TBS achieved

850-406: A prime-time adaptation rate of 40.4% and an evening-time adaptation rate of 51.8%, which brought the prime-time ratings back to 15.1%. However, after April 1990, due to a decline in TV drama ratings, TBS's prime-time ratings fell again and were surpassed by other Japanese TV stations. From October 1991 to March 1992, TBS's prime-time ratings dropped to 12.2%. Facing a downturn in ratings due to

935-542: A ratings triple crown. Due to the recovery of the Japanese economy and TBS's improved ratings in the mid-1990s, the turnover of the TBS TV department increased to 192.307 billion yen in 1995. In 1996, the turnover of the TBS TV division exceeded 200 billion yen for the first time. In April 1995, TBS launched its website. However, in 1996, a scandal involving TBS video tapes seriously damaged its credibility, leading to

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1020-617: A role in KRT's program schedule. 77 Sunset Strip , which began airing in 1960, also sparked a ratings boom. In terms of technology, in July 1955, KRT and Toshiba jointly developed Japan's first domestic TV studio camera. The following year, KRT and Hokkaido Broadcasting jointly participated in the Japanese product exhibition held in Beijing , where they conducted a TV broadcast test in China for

1105-550: A sensation in the Japanese television industry. In the same year, the daily average viewership rating was 8.8%, ranking first for the first time. In the same year, MBS's TV division revenue also exceeded Asahi Broadcasting. Mainichi Broadcasting began to strengthen international cooperation in the 1960s. It became an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union in 1969 and signed cooperation agreements with foreign television stations such as WGN-TV in

1190-460: Is 6 and MBS is 4), and only the Fuji TV system had the same channel number in the Tokyo and Osaka areas. The reason why MBS chose channel 4 was that many TV receivers at that time had only 6-channel tuners, and channel 10, which was the end number, was said to be disadvantageous in terms of sales policy, and that NHK TV had not used it before. Since its opening, MBS has emphasized 4 by introducing

1275-454: Is the flagship station of the Japan News Network in the Kantō region . It is owned-and-operated by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. , a subsidiary of TBS Holdings . TBS Television is one of the "five private broadcasters based in Tokyo." TBS produced the game show Takeshi's Castle , which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to Ultraman and

1360-542: The Ultra Series franchise starting in 1966—initially a spinoff of Ultra Q , which was co-produced and broadcast in the same year. Most, if not all, of these series were produced by Tsuburaya Productions for the network. In the 2010s, the Ultra Series moved to TV Tokyo . Since the 1990s, TBS has been the home of Sasuke ( Ninja Warrior ), whose format inspired similar programs outside Japan. Sasuke itself

1445-626: The Japan News Network starting from April 1, 1975. Compared with the ANN period, MBS's broadcasts are broadcast every week during prime time, the duration of the program broadcast nationwide in Japan was reduced from 5 hours and 50 minutes to 3 hours and 50 minutes. National broadcast programs outside prime time were also reduced from 6 hours and 35 minutes to 4 hours and 55 minutes. At the same time, Mainichi Broadcasting will no longer broadcast Tokyo Channel 12 programs. Mainichi Broadcasting and Asahi Broadcasting also conducted large-scale program exchanges. In

1530-585: The digital television transition in most prefectures of Japan. The MBS building expansion was completed on September 4, 2013. Along with the new building being named the "B Building", the main building was named the "M building". The names "M Building" and "B Building" are derived from the initials MBS. At the time of the start of operation of the B Building, there is no actual facility or building officially named "S Building". The B Building had its grand opening on April 4, 2014 at 11:07:09, named after MBS TV's channel number (4) and MBS Radio's frequency (1179). In

1615-425: The first oil crisis in 1973, many of TBS's sideline investments encountered operational difficulties. Consequently, TBS focused its resources on broadcasting and television, selling shares in subsidiaries such as TBS Encyclopedia Britannica. Although TBS’s profits declined for two consecutive years in 1974 and 1975 due to the Japanese economic downturn, turnover and profit began to rise again after 1976. By 1977,

1700-574: The "4 mark". In the April 1975 reorganization when the network affair was dissolved, The Drifters used the catchphrase "Channel 4 from April!". In this way, "Channel 4" was established, and the remote control key ID for digital TV broadcasting became "4" (all other Osaka wide area stations also used the same remote control key ID as analog). In addition to the remote control key ID "4", RKB Mainichi Broadcasting in Fukuoka Prefecture uses "4" for

1785-583: The "Five Station Alliance" to strengthen cooperation in various fields. In October 1960, KRT was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. To reflect the reality that television had replaced radio broadcasting as the company's main business, Radio Tokyo changed its name to Tokyo Broadcasting on November 28, 1960, and the English abbreviation changed from KRT to TBS. KRT began trial broadcasting of color TV on February 2, 1959. On September 10 of

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1870-484: The 16 years and one month from the start of TV broadcasting until the network affair was resolved, it was a key station of NET (now TV Asahi) and was subsequently affiliated to the All-Nippon News Network (ANN) upon its opening. At the same time, Tokyo Channel 12 (currently TV Tokyo ) was also connected to the station. With the complete transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting on July 24, 2011,

1955-452: The 1970s, TBS was known as the "hero of private broadcasting" and held a leading position in Japan's private television industry. As a result, MBS's ratings increased after switching networks. From October 1975 to March 1980, the MBS won the triple crown of ratings. High ratings also boosted advertising performance. Mainichi Broadcasting ranked first in prime time ratings for 26 consecutive weeks in

2040-484: The B building, there are two studios for TV programs, offices, heliport, height of about 36m (about 117m above ground), radio towers, etc. In addition, the relay truck depot in Senrioka was also consolidated, and the conventional office building (named "M Building" after the completion of the "B Building") is replaced by connecting corridors on the 2nd, 12th and 13th floors. On April 20, 2015, the main control room (master)

2125-755: The Bonn branch, JNN's 11th overseas branch. In 1986, Mainichi Broadcasting opened its second overseas branch, the Manila branch. In terms of technological innovation, Mainichi Broadcasting began broadcasting stereo TV in 1982, and began broadcasting data information in 1986. In 1989, MBS introduced the Satellite News Relay (SNG) System. In 1986, Mainichi Broadcasting regained the top position in advertising revenue among Osaka stations. In 1987, Mainichi Broadcasting's turnover reached 53.518 billion yen and profit reached 6.233 billion yen, both setting high records at

2210-485: The Japan News Network (JNN) by promoting the elimination of newspaper influence in forming the news network, thereby establishing a powerful reporting system. The current TBS Television was originally established as TBS Entertainment, Inc. a production company that produced entertainment programs for Tokyo Broadcasting System (the trade name of Radio Tokyo Co., Ltd. at the time). Since the broadcasting license

2295-483: The MBS TV broadcast was officially launched. In the early days of Mainichi Broadcasting, most of the entertainment programs came from NET stations, while most of the self-produced programs were educational programs. In 1963, the daily ratings of Mainichi Broadcasting were 7.5%, second only to NHK and Asahi Broadcasting's 8.1%. The average ratings in the evening period are 14.6%, second only to Asahi Broadcasting's 15.9%. In

2380-632: The MBS entity now being a sole television broadcaster. The split was completed by April 1st of the following year and as a result, the TV callsign was changed to JOOY-DTV . VHF channel 4 of analog television broadcasting in the Osaka area was originally used by the NHK General station in Osaka. Osaka Television Broadcasting (OTV) (currently Asahi Broadcasting Television, channel 6), which had already been established, and Daikansai Television Broadcasting (currently Kansai Television Broadcasting, channel 8), which had already been established, followed followed

2465-502: The Mainichi Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shimbun's decision to rebuild Tokyo Channel 12, this idea could not be realized. However, Mainichi Broadcasting still has a cooperative relationship with Tokyo Channel 12 and broadcasts its own programs on Tokyo Channel 12. In 1967, the MBS TV license was changed from a quasi-educational station to a general comprehensive station, which could broadcast more entertainment programs. On April 1 of

2550-918: The Mainichi Shimbun; the Asahi and the Mainichi Shimbun handed over their shares in Nippon Television to the Yomiuri; the Nikkei. The equity of NET TV was transferred to the Asahi Shimbun. The Asahi Shimbun also requested ABC to join the NET/ ANN network. After TBS learned of this news, it invited Mainichi Broadcasting to join TBS's network in the summer of 1974, and obtained Mainichi Broadcasting's consent. On November 19, 1974, TBS and Mainichi Broadcasting jointly announced that Mainichi Broadcasting would join

2635-554: The NHK station between 1956 and 1958. Over channel 4, New Osaka Television Broadcasting (NOTV) of Osaka Yomiuri Newspaper (renamed to Yomiuri Television Broadcasting (YTV) just before the opening of the station), Kinki Educational Culture Television and Kansai Educational Culture Broadcasting competed and the situation deteriorated. When it got stiff, NOTV suggested bringing channel 2, which had been assigned to NHK in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, to

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2720-419: The Osaka area. As a result of this, channel 2 was assigned to NHK Osaka (analog General Television), and in the Osaka area, 2 frequencies, channel 4 and channel 10 were licensed as a quasi-educational station. However, regarding the treatment of the two educational bureaus, Kakuei Tanaka, then Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, suggested that MBS and NOTV merge, respectively, but NOTV firmly refused. Next,

2805-718: The Soviet Union announced in November 1990 that Akiyama would be Japan's first astronaut, with Kikuchi as an alternate. On December 2, 1990, Toyohiro Akiyama flew to the Mir space station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft, becoming the first Japanese person and the first reporter to enter space. TBS aired a special program every night from December 1 to 10, providing comprehensive live coverage of Akiyama’s space journey. On December 10, Akiyama returned to Earth safely. In October 1989, TBS made major adjustments to its program schedule, achieving

2890-516: The TV department's turnover surpassed 168.8 billion yen. Taking advantage of the favorable financing conditions during the bubble economy, TBS decided to build a new headquarters in the late 1980s. On the 40th anniversary of its launch, TBS signed a cooperation agreement with Glavkosmos , the foreign trade and aviation authority of the Soviet Union , in March 1989. The agreement aimed to send

2975-956: The United States, CBLT-DT in Canada, Czechoslovak Television , ZDF in West Germany and TF1 in France. In 1962, Mainichi Broadcasting opened a North American branch in New York, becoming the third Japanese television station to open a base in there. Mainichi Broadcasting attaches great importance to international cultural cooperation and hosted the Kansai Performance of the Vienna Boys' Choir in 1964. When Mainichi Broadcasting withdrew from Osaka Television in 1958, Osaka Television's successor, Asahi Broadcasting, inherited

3060-999: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 896192394 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:44:10 GMT TBS Television (Japan) Mito, Ibaraki Analog: Channel 40 Digital: Channel 15 Utsunomiya, Tochigi Analog: Channel 55 Digital: Channel 15 Maebashi, Gunma Analog: Channel 56 Digital: Channel 43 Kiryū, Gunma Analog: Channel 55 Chichibu, Saitama Analog: Channel 18 Narita, Chiba Analog: Channel 55 Tateyama, Chiba Analog: Channel 56 Yokohama Minato Mirai 21, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 56 Yokosuka-Kurihama, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 39 Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 37 Digital: Channel 22 JORX-DTV (channel 6), branded as TBS Television ( TBSテレビ , TBS Terebi ) ,

3145-409: The analog era, it was written as Mainichi TV in the radio and television columns of newspapers. On April 1, 2017, the trade name was changed to "MBS Media Holdings", and both TV and radio broadcasting businesses were taken over by "(New) Mainichi Broadcasting". After that, on April 1, 2021, "MBS Radio Co., Ltd.", which was newly established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of MBS Media Holdings, took over

3230-525: The applications of NHK (because the National Assembly needed to pass NHK's business plan) and Radio Tokyo (due to its recent establishment). On January 16 of the following year, Radio Tokyo obtained a TV preparatory license. After the completion of its TV headquarters, Radio Tokyo was granted an official TV broadcasting license on January 28, 1955. At 10 am on April 1, 1955, Radio Tokyo TV (shortened to KRT) began broadcasting. According to

3315-489: The company announced that it would construct a new building with a base isolation structure of 15 floors above ground and 1 floor below ground on the north side of the head office . Osaka City applied the "Business/University Location Promotion Subsidy Program", and construction began in April 2011. On July 24, 2011, at noon, MBS, along with other television stations in the Kansai region, turned off its analog broadcast, as part of

3400-541: The company name to Mainichi Broadcasting. At the same time, Mainichi Broadcasting set up a television studio on the 8th and 9th floors of the south building of the Mainichi Osaka Kaikan under construction, and built a signal transmitting station on the top of Ikoma Mountain. "Kansai Education and Culture Broadcasting", which applied for an educational television license, also merged with MBS. Osaka Television Broadcasting has 88 employees participating at MBS. At

3485-620: The establishment of SVN (Space Vision Network) company and began to establish their own satellite TV channels. In 1993, SVN changed its name to GAORA and became a sports-oriented satellite TV channel. The current company building was completed on September 1, 1990 on the site of the Hankyu Department Store Distribution Center in Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka. Headquarter functions such as sales and accounting at Mainichi Osaka Kaikan, departments such as

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3570-487: The final years of the Cold War , TBS President Kazumi Tanaka invited McKinsey & Company in 1990 to conduct a comprehensive corporate identity redesign. The following year, Dentsu was selected through bidding to refresh TBS's corporate image and launched the "Microcosmos" logo. TBS also set a goal of achieving a group turnover of 500 billion yen by 2000 and aimed to increase the turnover from non-TV segments to 40% of

3655-476: The first half of 1978. In the same year, MBS's revenue reached 30.15 billion yen, and the profit reached 5.12 billion yen. The revenue of both the television division and the radio division ranked first among Osaka stations. Beginning in the late 1970s, Mainichi Broadcasting took the lead in introducing electronic news gathering (ENG) among private stations in Osaka, which greatly improved its news gathering and editing capabilities. In 1978, Mainichi Broadcasting opened

3740-595: The first satellite broadcast between Japan and the United States, covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy . In the early 1960s, spurred by the 1964 Summer Olympics , TBS experienced rapid growth. By 1965, TBS reported a turnover of 14.702 billion yen and a profit of 1.673 billion yen. To diversify income beyond advertising, TBS funded the establishment of the Tokyo Electronics Research Institute (now Tokyo Power Technology) in 1963. From 1961 to 1964, TBS constructed TBS Hall on

3825-581: The first time. At the beginning of 1959, the third and fourth flagship stations in the Tokyo area, Nippon Educational Television (now TV Asahi ) and Fuji TV , began broadcasting—NET on February 1 and Fuji TV on March 1. Around the same time, a large number of people purchased TV sets to watch the wedding of Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko Shoda. By April 3, 1959, the number of TV households in Japan had reached 2 million. Japan's TV advertising costs also increased from 400 million yen in 1954 to 23.8 billion yen in 1959. On April 10, 1959, KRT broadcast all of

3910-501: The following year, KRT officially launched color TV broadcasts, becoming one of the first eight TV channels in Japan to do so. At that time, TBS believed that color TV technology was not yet fully developed, and as a result, it was less active in colorizing its programs compared to other Japanese TV stations. In October 1970, TBS completed its transition to color broadcasting, with its first primetime broadcasts using NTSC-J color for non-news programming. In October 1961, in response to

3995-505: The former owner of Yomiuri Shimbun , first proposed the idea of private broadcasting in Japan in 1951. In June of the following year, NHK , Yomiuri Shimbun, and Radio Tokyo (the first private radio broadcaster) were among the first to apply for a TV broadcast license. In July of the same year, the Radio Supervision Committee announced the granting of a preliminary license to Nippon Television, while holding off on

4080-401: The grand opening on the same day, most of the first floor has been used as an "atrium" (open space) for live broadcasting and recording of TV and radio programs and various events. "MBS Goods Shop" (former name was "Mzono Shop" → "Nebula") and a branch of Tully's Coffee (when it opened in 1990, it was a restaurant called "Starship") were also occupied. On the second floor, when it first opened, it

4165-439: The group's total turnover. As a result, TBS regained the top spot in ratings in 1993. However, the overly radical reforms led to dissatisfaction within TBS. Additionally, the decrease in advertising revenue following the collapse of the bubble economy caused TBS's turnover and profit to decline in 1991. It was also revealed that TBS had received compensation for investment losses from Nomura Securities . These issues led to

4250-458: The intention of their respective key stations, so they opened later than the key stations. It has a strong connection with RKB Mainichi Broadcasting , co-produced and co-sold radio programs, and on television, even during the pre-1975 affair era, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting (KBC) sold in-house programs that were not organized or sponsored net, and jointly established a health insurance union, and are presenting aspects of sister companies. In addition,

4335-554: The mid-1960s, Mainichi Broadcasting participated in the establishment of Tokyo Channel 12 by the Japan Science and Technology Foundation. As Tokyo Channel 12 quickly fell into operating difficulties after its launch, Mainichi Broadcasting began to broadcast some self-produced programs on Tokyo Channel 12 in 1967, but the situation has not improved. Therefore, the financial circle once had the idea of merging Tokyo Channel 12 with Mainichi Broadcasting. However, due to opposition from

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4420-484: The mid-1960s. On November 1, 1963, TBS eliminated the afternoon break from Monday to Thursday to provide uninterrupted broadcasting throughout the day. According to a 1963 survey by Video Research , TBS had an average audience rating of 16.7% during prime time, ranking first among all Tokyo stations. Its average full-day audience rating was 8.3%, lower than NHK's but the highest among private stations. On November 23, 1963, TBS, along with Nippon TV and NHK, conducted

4505-480: The mid-1970s, major national newspapers in Japan reorganized their equity holdings in TV stations. The Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun sold their stakes in TBS to the Mainichi Shimbun . By April 1974, the Mainichi Shimbun held a total of 9.97% of TBS shares, becoming the only newspaper shareholder among TBS’s major shareholders. However, in 1977, the Mainichi Shimbun sold most of its TBS shares due to

4590-572: The network relationship between Osaka Television and TBS . This resulted in the fact that the Kansai region TBS affiliate is the channel 6 controlled by the Asahi Shinbun. There is a reversal in the relationship between Tokyo and Osaka TV station networks. In the early 1970s, Japan's four national newspapers conducted an exchange of shares in television stations. The Asahi Shimbun and the Yomiuri Shimbun handed over their shares in TBS to

4675-405: The news department at Senrioka Broadcasting Center, and some television and radio programs produced at Senrioka were moved to the new company building in Chayamachi. From the same day, a special program was produced and broadcast for two days on television and five days on radio to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the station and the start of broadcasting in the new building. Since

4760-609: The north side of its headquarters and began exploring the real estate business. In the late 1960s, TBS also established TBS Encyclopedia Britannica and TBS School of Computer Science, expanding into cultural and educational industries. In the early 1970s, TBS opened housing exhibition halls in Musashisakai, Omiya, Machida, Hachioji, and other locations, entering the housing industry. TBS’s investment in radio and television-related businesses increased from 2.1 billion yen in 1968 to 11.5 billion yen in 1973. However, following

4845-407: The notation of newspapers and TV information magazines on the same date changed from "Mainichi TV" (or "Mainichi"), which has been used since the start of television broadcasting), to "MBS TV" (or "MBS"). In the terrestrial digital TV G-Guide, it is written as "MBS Mainichi Broadcasting". Until July 23, 2011, the general name was Mainichi Broadcasting Television , and when it was simply called MBS, in

4930-487: The one-hour program format a standard in the Japanese TV industry. In the early 1960s, Ben Casey was the most successful TV series broadcast by TBS from the United States, achieving a rating of 50.6%, which remains the highest rating for a foreign TV series broadcast in Japan. However, as TBS’s capability to produce its own programs improved, the network gradually reduced its broadcast of American TV series after

5015-429: The radio broadcasting license and business that Mainichi Broadcasting had held, and moved exclusively to television (JOOR-DTV changed to JOOY-DTV). Among the broadcasting stations in Osaka, the company, Asahi Broadcasting Television, and Kansai Television are three companies that opened earlier than their respective key stations in Tokyo (TBS Television, TV Asahi, Fuji Television). This is because these three companies and

5100-411: The radio division; TBS Entertainment (TBSエンタテインメント), responsible for TV program production; and TBS Sports (TBSスポーツ), responsible for sports programs. Concurrently with these structural reforms, TBS introduced the "Ji~n" logo. In 2001, TBS established TBS LIVE (TBSライブ, now known as U-Next Paravi Corner), which is responsible for producing information programs. That same year, the call sign of TBS TV

5185-484: The remote control key ID for analog master stations and digital broadcasting is also "4". It has a close relationship with Mitsubishi UFJ Bank and Resona Bank. MBS was involved in the establishment of FM802 as a major shareholder along with Nippon Broadcasting System. At the time of its establishment, it was organized by Nippon Broadcasting System, and the person in charge of sales was seconded from Mainichi Broadcasting System. Even now, we often co-host events. In July 2019,

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5270-546: The resignation of Tanaka and Izumi in October 1991, and many of the corporate identity reform measures were abolished the following year. The aftermath of the bubble economy further worsened TBS's operating conditions. By 1992, TBS's profit had fallen to only 1.7 billion yen, and the ratings continued to decline as the company faced challenges. From April to September 1992, TBS's prime-time ratings were only 11.7%, dropping to fifth place in Tokyo. In October 1992, TBS made

5355-552: The resignation of the company's upper management. In response to this incident, TBS began broadcasting the self-verification program TBS Review in 1997. In response to the multi-channel landscape introduced by satellite TV, TBS launched its 24-hour news channel, TBS NEWS BIRD (now TBS NEWS DIG), in 1998. On December 1, 2000, TBS's BS satellite TV channel, BS-i (now BS-TBS), officially began broadcasting. In 2000, TBS established three subsidiaries: TBS Radio and Communications (TBSラジオ&コミュニケーションズ, now TBS Radio), responsible for

5440-401: The rising challenge from Fuji TV, which was seeing increasing ratings, TBS undertook a major reorganization of its program schedule. American TV dramas and music programs for young audiences were scheduled for 7:00 pm, American TV series at 8:00 pm, and TBS's self-produced TV series at 9:00 pm This new arrangement boosted TBS’s ratings and prompted other stations to adopt similar schedules, making

5525-427: The same reason. In principle, the remote control key ID "4" is used by many Nippon Television affiliates , but the remote control key ID for Yomiuri TV broadcasting of the same Osaka wide area station and Nippon Television affiliated quasi-key station is the parent of the analog broadcasting channel. The same "10" as the analog station is used. Japan News Network Too Many Requests If you report this error to

5610-447: The same time, due to the decision of Radio Tokyo TV to maintain the network relationship with Osaka Television Broadcasting, Mainichi Broadcasting was faced with the dilemma of insufficient broadcast programs and had to change the broadcast date from December 1, 1958 to March 1959. On March 1, it established a network relationship with Nippon Educational Television (later renamed NET Television, now TV Asahi ). At 10 a.m. on March 1, 1959,

5695-401: The same year, MBS began to broadcast color programs. In October 1970, all in-house MBS programs were in color. During the 1970 World Expo, Mainichi Broadcasting broadcast "Good Morning Expo" every day and produced and broadcast a series of special programs. In 1971, Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation stopped airing NET TV's "23rd Show" on the grounds that the program content was too vulgar, causing

5780-420: The space including Studio C (Galaxy Studio) into an "Information Floor" linked to live information programs, it was operated from January 28, 2019. In addition, the "Chapla Stage" on the 1st floor of the M Building was also renovated on the premise of incorporating it into the "Live Center". On May 28, 2020, MBS announced that it would spin off its radio division, under a separate company known as MBS Radio with

5865-419: The three key stations had nothing to do with each other at the time of their establishment. However, despite being the oldest station in Japan to start radio broadcasting, it was the fourth station in Osaka to start TV broadcasting. It was almost the same time as Asahi (Nippon Educational Television (NET TV) at that time), but it was one month behind. On the other hand, Yomiuri TV and TV Osaka were established with

5950-499: The time. Relying on the good times of Japan's bubble economy, Mainichi Broadcasting's revenue increased to 64.949 billion yen in 1990, with profits reaching 9.489 billion yen. Taking advantage of the introduction of satellite and cable TV in Japan, Mainichi Broadcasting participated in investing in Japan Satellite Broadcasting in 1983. In 1989, Mainichi Broadcasting joined with Sumitomo Corporation to invest in

6035-992: The top spot in prime-time ratings from October 1984 through March 1985. Despite this, the turnover of TBS's television department was surpassed by Nippon Television and Fuji Television in 1984. By 1985, Fuji TV had also surpassed TBS in overall turnover. Meanwhile, in response to the trend towards multi-channel broadcasting, TBS actively pursued new ventures. In 1984, TBS participated in establishing Japan Satellite Broadcasting (now Wowow and U-Next ) and began broadcasting TV information in 1986. Compared to Fuji TV, which focuses on younger audiences, TBS targets family audiences and offers greater program diversity. However, from April to September 1987, TBS's prime-time ratings were surpassed by other Japanese TV stations, dropping to third place among flagship stations. To counter TV Asahi's high ratings for News Station at 10:00 pm on weekdays, TBS launched JNN News 22 Prime Time in 1987 to directly compete with it. The program schedule of TBS

6120-455: The top spot in turnover among core bureaus after 1980, its profit declined for four consecutive years starting in 1980. In response to the challenge from Fuji TV, TBS introduced new programs targeting younger audiences but failed to achieve the desired results. In October 1984, TBS undertook a reorganization of its program schedule, delaying the end time of the evening news program JNN NewScope from 7:00 pm to 7:20 pm, which helped TBS regain

6205-521: The trains running between stations and between Osaka Station and Shin-Osaka Station on the JR Kyoto Line. The upper part is shaped like the letter "M". There are some documents that say that the building was modeled on the image of "Mainichi", but at the time NTT's radio frequencies were being transmitted in this airspace, and there were restrictions on the height of the building, this design was chosen. On June 1, 1958, New Japan Broadcasting changed

6290-425: The turnover of TBS’s TV department had exceeded 65.5 billion yen. On the other hand, due to high labor costs and the high ratings of outsourced TV series, TBS began promoting program outsourcing in the 1970s to reduce costs. As part of this strategy, TBS transferred some employees to a newly established program production subsidiary. In 1973, the turnover of the TBS TV department exceeded 40 billion yen. During

6375-552: The turnover of the TBS TV department exceeded 95 billion yen. TBS also made technological innovations, beginning in 1976 with the gradual introduction of the Electronic News Gathering (ENG) system, which enhanced news interviewing and editing capabilities. In November 1978, TBS began broadcasting stereo programs. In 1982, Fuji Television surpassed TBS and claimed the number one position in prime-time ratings among all core stations. Although TBS maintained

6460-470: The two education companies merged and merged with either MBS or NOTV) (Kanto wide area including Tokyo area ), instead of abandoning the same channel 4, chose the path of independent opening. This caused the channel numbers of the NTV and NET series to be reversed on a series basis in the Tokyo and Osaka areas until the network affair was resolved. After that, the TBS affiliate also had different channel numbers (TBS

6545-466: The wedding of Crown Prince (now Emperor Emeritus) Akihito and Empress Michiko , with 17 TV stations simulcasting the KRT broadcast. In June 1958, KRT signed a news material exchange agreement with CBC , OTV , RKB , and HBC . This agreement lead to KRT's idea of establishing a national network. Building on the cooperation among various stations during the Crown Prince's wedding, KRT signed

6630-428: Was a spinoff of the TBS game show Kinniku Banzuke , which ran for seven seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms— TV Tokyo , Nikkei, Inc. , WOWOW , Dentsu , and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners announced that they would jointly establish a new company, Paravi , in July to offer paid online video services . TBS Holdings became the largest shareholder of the new company, Premium Platform Japan, with

6715-417: Was changed from JOKR-TV to JORX-TV. On October 1, 2004, TBS merged the three subsidiaries—TBS Entertainment, TBS Sports, and TBS LIVE—into TBS TV, consolidating the wireless TV business into one company (excluding signal broadcasting and personnel brokerage). On April 1, 2009, TBS adopted the broadcasting holding company system, becoming the second core broadcaster in Japan to do so. The TV broadcasting license

6800-458: Was given the function of a concert hall under the name "Galaxy Hall". Later, it was diverted to "Galaxy Studio". It was used for live TV programs, public recordings, and events. On March 31, 2001 a broadcasting studio called "MBS Studio in USJ" was opened at Universal Studios Japan . On December 1, 2003, MBS alongside ABC, KTV , YTV and TVO started their digital broadcasts signals. In July 2010,

6885-405: Was inherited by TBS TV, and the original TBS corporate entity was renamed "Tokyo Broadcasting Holdings" (now TBS Holdings), becoming a broadcasting holding company that simply holds shares in the group's subsidiaries. In October 2005, the internet company Rakuten acquired a 19.09% stake in TBS for approximately 88 billion yen, becoming TBS's largest shareholder. Lotte Group proposed establishing

6970-602: Was inherited by the newly established company, which retained the abbreviation TBS. This company transitioned from being a production company to a general broadcaster (currently a private terrestrial core broadcaster) and joined the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association. Additionally, TBS Radio was entrusted with the maintenance and management of the company's transmitting station in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture. Matsutarō Shōriki ,

7055-499: Was owned by the parent company, TBS, TBS Entertainment was not a member of the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association. On April 1, 2009, Tokyo Broadcasting System (which changed its trade name to Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. on the same day) underwent a corporate split. The television broadcasting business, including the television broadcasting license and the operation of various facilities such as Akasaka Sacas and Akasaka BLITZ, along with cultural projects such as events,

7140-602: Was significantly adjusted due to this new addition. However, JNN News 22 Prime Time only aired for a year due to low ratings. Its successor, JNN News Desk '88・'89 , also failed to disrupt News Station 's dominance during this period. After April 1988, TBS's prime-time ratings began to decline, with the decline accelerating after April 1989. Despite this downturn, which coincided with Japan's bubble economy, TBS's financial performance continued to improve. In 1987 and 1988, TBS's turnover grew by 12% for two consecutive years. In 1989, TBS's profit exceeded 11.7 billion yen, and

7225-500: Was updated to the new master in the B Building. In 2017, the television and radio operations of MBS were taken over by the second incarnation of Mainichi Broadcasting after the company restructured into MBS Media Holdings. From 2018, with the 60th anniversary of MBS TV, the second floor of the M Building was renovated as a "live center" for the purpose of responding to live broadcasting and strengthening cooperation between news and production stations . Start construction. After remodeling

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