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73-641: The Nippon Television Network Corporation , also known as Nippon Television (NTV), with the call sign JOAX-DTV (channel 4), is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System . It is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. Nippon Television's studios are located in

146-792: A barter in some cases. Yomiuri Shimbun The Yomiuri Shimbun ( 讀賣新聞/読売新聞 ) is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo , Osaka , Fukuoka , and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan ; the other four are The Asahi Shimbun , the Chunichi Shimbun , the Mainichi Shimbun , and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun . It is headquartered in Otemachi , Chiyoda, Tokyo . It

219-763: A 6.57% share in the company. It is also the owner of Hulu Japan , formerly part of the US-based Hulu streaming service and the company has shares in animation studios Madhouse , Tatsunoko Production and Studio Ghibli as well as a share in the film studio Nikkatsu . The history of Nippon Television began in 1951 with the announcement by US Senator Karl Mundt (best known as the key proponent of Voice of America ) that commercial television would be set up in Japan (then under United States -led Allied Occupation of Japan ). According to Japanese-Canadian writer Benjamin Fulford, Mundt recommended Matsutarō Shōriki to

292-583: A color television broadcast license, which it received in December of that year. Matsutaro Shoriki returned to Nippon TV as the president of the broadcaster after resigning as the Minister of State in 1958. After taking office as the president, he increased his investment in color television. In December 1958, NTV introduced videotape recording in a one-off drama series using American RCA 2-inch quad tape. The first live coverage broadcast from Japan on color TV

365-401: A comedy program to compete with its rival networks. As part of its major renovations in the broadcasting industry, Nippon TV launched its first cable-exclusive channel, CS Nippon TV, in 1996. At the start of the new century, Nippon TV and its 29 affiliates won the triple crown ratings. In December 2000, Nippon TV launched its satellite-exclusive BS Nippon TV .On April 30, 2003, Nippon TV held

438-626: A completion ceremony at its headquarters in Shiodome, Tokyo, which it took 7 years to build as part of its 50th anniversary from its opening. However, in October of the same year, employees of the network bribed the surveyed households to increase their ratings. This impacted the ratings of Nippon TV most especially on baseball games. Fuji TV took advantage of the incident when it became number 1 in ratings. Nippon TV started digital broadcasting on December 1, 2003. Nippon TV moved to Shiodome on February of

511-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

584-643: A new headquarters which enabled them to turn losses into profits in 1972. The non-news counterpart of Nippon News Network, Nippon Television Network System , was formed on June 14, 1972. NTV had also been successful in exporting its programs around the world, with programs such as The Water Margin and Monkey being aired on the BBC in the UK. On January 14, 1973, NTV airs the live satellite relay in Japan for Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii, U.S.A. On October 8 & 15, 1975,

657-667: A total of 19 affiliated stations as founding members. Nippon Television founded the NNS (Nippon Television Network System) in 1972 to improve collaboration among network stations in the field of non-news programming. On September 15, 1959, Nippon Television's stock was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, becoming the first media company in Japan to list its stock. Nippon Television applied to the Ministry of Posts in April 1957 for

730-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

803-399: A year, NTV aired a total of 938 hours of programs broadcast in color. In addition to color TV broadcast, programs produced in black and white color had been increasing. In October 1963, Nippon Television has successfully trialed overnight broadcasts. On November 22, 1963, using a communication satellite relay, NTV conducted the first black-and-white TV transmission experiment between Japan and

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876-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

949-611: Is a newspaper that represents Tokyo and generally has a conservative orientation. It is one of Japan's leading newspapers, along with the Osaka-based liberal ( Third Way ) Asahi Shimbun and the Nagoya-based social democratic Chunichi Shimbun . This newspaper is well known for its pro-American stance among major Japanese media. It is published by regional bureaus, all of them subsidiaries of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings , Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and

1022-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

1095-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

1168-487: Is renamed Nippon Television Network Corporation (second). On February 1–2, 2013, Nippon TV collaborated with NHK to air a special program related to the first TV broadcasts 60 years ago. On February 27, 2014, Nippon TV acquired the Japanese division of Hulu , Hulu Japan . They started airing more programs exclusively to Hulu following its acquisition, which was later criticized from viewers. In 2015, Nippon TV (alongside

1241-461: The Asian Women's Fund , set up to compensate for wartime abuses, as a failure based on a misunderstanding of history. The New York Times reported on similar statements previously, writing that "The nation's (Japan's) largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, applauded the revisions" regarding removing the word "forcibly" from referring to laborers brought to Japan in the pre-war period and revising

1314-491: The CIA (which later hired Shōriki as a CIA agent under the codenames "podam" and "pojackpot-1"); with executives of The Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun , Shōriki then persuaded then-Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida to form a commercial television network in Japan. On July 31, 1952, Nippon Television was granted the first TV broadcasting license for a commercial broadcaster in Japan. The Nippon Television Network Corporation

1387-628: The Chubu Electric Power Company to shut down several of its Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plants due to safety concerns, the Yomiuri called the request "abrupt" and a difficult situation for Chubu Electric's shareholders. It wrote that Kan "should seriously reflect on the way he made his request." It then followed up with an article wondering how dangerous Hamaoka really was and called Kan's request "a political judgment that went beyond technological worthiness." The next day damage to

1460-782: The Chuokoron-Shinsha publishing company, which it acquired in 1999, and the Nippon Television network. It is a member of the Asia News Network . The paper is known as the de facto financial patron of the baseball team Yomiuri Giants . They also sponsor the Japan Fantasy Novel Award annually. It has been a sponsor of the FIFA Club World Cup every time it has been held in Japan since 2006 . From 1949 through 1963,

1533-524: The EIAJ MTS standard) began in December 1982. NTV also launched NCN (now known as Nippon TV NEWS 24) in 1987, being the first news channel in Japan. Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli, Inc. designed Nippon Television's mascot character Nandarō ( なんだろう , lit. What Is It? ) to commemorate the channel's 40th anniversary in 1993. After entering the 90s, although ratings of its Nippon TV affiliates increased, advertising revenue decreased in 1992 due to

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1606-645: The Ministry of Posts in the late 1950s, Yomiuri Shimbun and Nippon Television began to establish TV stations outside the Kanto area. On August 28, 1958, Yomiuri TV started broadcasting, marking the start of Nippon TV's expansion into the Kansai area . However, due to the close partnership between Nippon TV and the Yomiuri Shimbun, the network's expansion was opposed by local newspapers, and the network's expansion

1679-553: The Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo , Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree . Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan. It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for news programs) and NNS (for non-news programs). Except for Okinawa Prefecture, these two networks cover

1752-676: The Yomiuri Giants . The emphasis of the paper shifted to broad news coverage aimed at readers in the Tokyo area. By 1941 it had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the Tokyo area. In 1942, under wartime conditions, it merged with the Hochi Shimbun and became known as the Yomiuri-Hochi . The Yomiuri was the center of a labor scandal in 1945 and 1946. In October 1945, a post-war "democratization group" called for

1825-540: The Yomiuri Shimbun is credited with having the largest newspaper circulation in the world as of 2019, having a morning circulation of 7.0 million as of June 2021. The paper is printed twice a day and in several different local editions. The Yomiuri Shimbun established the Yomiuri Prize in 1949. Its winners have included Yukio Mishima and Haruki Murakami . The Yomiuri was launched in 1874 by

1898-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

1971-501: The comfort women controversy. Yomiuri editorials have also opposed the DPJ government and denounced denuclearization as "not a viable option". Yomiuri also publishes The Japan News (formerly called The Daily Yomiuri ), one of Japan's largest English-language newspapers. It publishes the daily Hochi Shimbun , a sport -specific daily newspaper, as well as weekly and monthly magazines and books . Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings owns

2044-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

2117-603: The CIA as an informant. In February 2009, the Yomiuri entered into a tie-up with The Wall Street Journal for editing, printing and distribution. Since March 2009 the major news headlines of the Journal' s Asian edition have been summarized in Japanese in the evening edition of the Yomiuri . The Yomiuri features an advice column, Jinsei Annai . The Yomiuri has a history of promoting nuclear power in Japan. In May 2011, when Naoto Kan , then Prime Minister of Japan, asked

2190-584: The Kanto area only.As a result, the Yomiuri Shimbun Group filed for a separate TV license in Osaka under the name Yomiuri TV . In 1955, Matsutaro Shoriki stepped down as the president of Nippon TV after being elected to the Japan's House Of Representatives . Said election was the first electoral coverage carried out by commercial TV in Japan. With the issuance of a large number of new TV licenses by

2263-503: The Nisshusha newspaper company as a small daily newspaper. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s the paper came to be known as a literary arts publication with its regular inclusion of work by writers such as Ozaki Kōyō . In 1924, Shoriki Matsutaro took over management of the company. His innovations included improved news coverage, a full-page radio program guide, and the establishment of Japan's first professional baseball team, now known as

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2336-647: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

2409-750: The United States during coverage of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy . On July 1, 1966, The Beatles ' concert at the Nippon Budokan , part of their Japanese tour, was shown in color on NTV (prerecorded on tape), with the viewing rate reaching 56 percent. After the death of Matsutaro Shoriki on October 9, 1969, Nippon TV and NHK agreed to integrate signal transmission facilities in the Tokyo Tower . When Kobayashi Shoriki (son-in-law of Shoriki) took over Nippon TV in 1969, he continued

2482-791: 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). 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. The following is a list of the most-watched films of all time on NTV, as of June 2007. 35°39′51.9″N 139°45′35.8″E  /  35.664417°N 139.759944°E  / 35.664417; 139.759944 Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany ,

2555-524: The broadcaster launched 24-Hour TV: Love Saves the Earth , the only telethon in Japanese TV, which achieved high ratings and continued to be aired until the present day.But in the 1980s, ratings continued to decline after Fuji TV and TBS promoted much of their primetime programming.This prompted to increase airtime of its news programs and baseball events. Multichannel television sound broadcasting (using

2628-551: The broadcaster officially started its live online streaming of its channel, albeit with the exception of its late-night news program, news zero, and its succeeding program, despite being included in the trial the year before. In 2022, Nippon TV currently holds the Triple Crown Rating for 12 years. On October 6, 2023, Nippon Television purchased a majority stake in Studio Ghibli , and began to handle management of

2701-475: The classic film Gone with the Wind makes its world television premiere on NTV (Part I on the 8th, Part II on the 15th), about 13 months before NBC airs the film in North America. Nippon TV also started diversifying its operations, opening subsidiaries such as Nippon TV Music, Union Movies, and Nippon Television Services in the early 70s.In the following years, Nippon TV also participated in cultural events such as

2774-625: The collapse of Japan's bubble economy . The number of Nippon TV affiliates increased to 30 after Kagoshima Yomiuri Television started broadcasting in 1994. In 1992, after Seiichiro Ujiie (former journalist at the Yomiuri Shimbun ) became president of Nippon TV, the broadcaster carried out major changes in its programming, such as adjusting its late night news programs to air earlier than its rivals, and ending certain primetime variety shows to boost ratings.These major changes helped become number 1 in ratings from 1993 to 1994 overtaking Fuji TV. Earlier, it had attempted to replace its afternoon wide show with

2847-425: The exclusive Japanese rights to broadcast their motion pictures. It has also produced and broadcast popular anime series like My Hero Academia , Claymore , Death Note , Hajime no Ippo , Magical Emi The Magic Star, Orange Road, as well as Detective Conan and Inuyasha (which are produced through its Osaka affiliate, Yomiuri TV ). NTV produced the first, unsuccessful Doraemon anime in 1973; when

2920-424: The first time a newspaper made it possible to search digitalized images of newspaper pictures and articles as they appeared in print. Subsequent CD-ROMs, "The Taishō Era ", "The pre-war Showa Era I", and "The pre-war Showa era II" were completed eight years after the project was first conceived. "Postwar Recovery", the first part of a postwar Shōwa Era series that includes newspaper stories and images until 1960,

2993-508: The first to start broadcasting TV programs.On August 24, 1953, Nippon Television started broadcast trials and four days later, Nippon TV officially began to broadcast TV programs as Asia's first commercial broadcaster, with an animated dove spreading its wings in the logo on its first sign-on. The first TV commercial (for Seikosha clocks) was also aired at the same time (reports say that the commercial aired upside-down by mistake). Due to high prices, television sets were not widely available at

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3066-535: The following year, and high-definition production also started. With the rising trend for Internet services, Nippon TV launched Dai2 Nippon TV, the first video-on-demand service from a commercial broadcaster in Japan. Analog broadcasting ended on July 24, 2011, fully entering digital TV era. Also in 2011, Nippon TV regained the Triple Crown Ratings after 8 years due to high ratings of the drama I am Mita, Your Housekeeper . Although in 2012 and 2013, this

3139-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

3212-431: The introduction of Nandarou , the broadcaster's mascot. The orange dot in the 2003 logo represents the sun with the 日 in gold representing tradition. The logo was designed by Junichi Fumura, an employee of the broadcaster. On January 1, 2013, Nippon TV changed its logo as part of its 60th anniversary, with the "日" kanji changed to number 0 with a diagonal line inside, to denote starting from zero and starting anew. The change

3285-719: The launch of Japan News Network in April 1960, a new group of networks was supposed to be formed between Sendai Television , Nagoya TV , Nippon TV, and Hiroshima Telecasting in 1962.But in 1963, Nishinippon Shimbun , which is a key shareholder of Television Nishinippon , disagreed to Yomiuri Shimbun 's plans to expand in Fukuoka Prefecture.This resulted in Television Nisihinippon withdrawing from being part of Nippon TV and losing Nippon TV's local news base in Kyushu. On April 1, 1966, Nippon News Network

3358-464: The launch of NTV and NHK. As a result, NTV installed 55 street TVs in the Kanto area in an effort to broaden the advertisement impact. This program was a huge success, attracting 8,000 to 10,000 people to watch sports broadcasts such as professional baseball and sumo wrestling. Plans for the expansion of Nippon Television to the whole of Japan weren't continued due to its given license being restricted to

3431-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

3504-517: The main Kanto stations. On the fifth anniversary of NTV's launch, Yomiuri TV and TV Nishinippon started broadcasting, and Nishinippon Broadcasting, which started earlier, created the backbones of a precursor of NNN. In December, when Tokai TV started broadcasting in the Tokai area, NTV programs moved to the new station. Following TBS' establishment of JNN in 1959, Nippon Television founded the second Japanese television network, NNN, on April 1, 1966, with

3577-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

3650-477: The mascot was " Nandarou ", literally translating to "What is it?" The mascot was supposed to be used for one year only, but it was used until 2013 after audience popularity. It was replaced by DA BEAR, introduced in 2009. For details, see 日本の放送局所の呼出符号#JO＊X_2 (in Japanese) In addition to terrestrial broadcasting in the Kanto area, NTV broadcasts and supplies the following pay television channels: After

3723-519: The newspaper apologized after using the phrase "sex slave" to refer to comfort women , following its criticism of the Asahi Shimbun ' s coverage of Japan's World War II comfort women system. The Yomiuri newspaper said in an editorial in 2011 "No written material supporting the claim that government and military authorities were involved in the forcible and systematic recruitment of comfort women has been discovered", and that it regarded

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3796-541: The newspaper sponsored the Yomiuri Indépendant Exhibition , an unjuried annual art exhibition which gave rise to avant-garde and contemporary rising artists. In November 1999, the Yomiuri Shimbun released a CD-ROM titled "The Yomiuri Shimbun in the Meiji Era ," which provided searchable archives of news articles and images from the period that have been digitalized from microfilm. This was

3869-515: The other 4 commercial broadcasters in Japan) launched TVer, its free on-demand service. On the Q4 of 2020, they started trials on live online streaming of its channel on TVer. In September 2020, Nippon TV, alongside PricewaterhouseCoopers , collaborated to create a system that uses artificial intelligence to predict audience ratings, which was first trialed on its movie block, Friday Roadshow. From Q4 of 2021,

3942-447: The pipes inside the condenser was discovered at one of the plants following a leak of seawater into the reactor. In 2012, the paper reported that Nobutaka Tsutsui , the Minister for Agriculture, had divulged secret information to a Chinese enterprise. Tsutsui sued the Yomiuri Shimbun for libel and was awarded 3.3 million yen in damages in 2015, on the basis that the truth of the allegations could not be confirmed. In November 2014,

4015-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

4088-412: The progress of TV broadcasting in color. In April 1970, Nippon TV's color programs accounted for 76.4% of total broadcast time, ahead of NHK which was second with 73%. In October 1971, Nippon TV achieved broadcasting all of its programs in color. However, during this period, due to the economic depression in Japan and the discovery of falsification of financial reports by the Ministry of Finance, Nippon TV

4161-411: The removal of Shoriki Matsutaro, who had supported Imperial Japan's policies during World War II. When Shoriki responded by firing five of the leading members of this group, the writers and editors launched the first "production control" strike on 27 October 1945. This method of striking became an important union tactic in the coal, railroad, and other industries during the postwar period. Shoriki Matsutaro

4234-610: The restoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1984which took 13 years to restore and costing to ¥2.4 billion and also held two special exhibitions at the Vatican Museums . 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. On the 25th anniversary of Nippon Television's first broadcast in 1978,

4307-495: The second largest media conglomerate by size behind Sony , which is privately held by law and wholly owned by present and former employees and members of the Matsutarō Shōriki family. The Holdings has been part-owned by the family since Matsutarō Shōriki's purchase of the newspaper in 1924 (currently owning a total of 45.26% stock); despite its control, the family is not involved in its executive operations. Founded in 1874,

4380-478: The second, more successful Doraemon series premiered in 1979, it was on TV Asahi , which remains the franchise's broadcaster to this day. 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

4453-464: The studio while the company continues to focus on creative efforts. When Nippon Television started in 1953, its English acronym "NTV" was used as its first corporate logo, with a colored version later used in 1972 after the launch of color TV broadcasting. The logo was designed by Takada Masajiro, an assistant professor at Tokyo University of the Arts . In 2003, Nippon TV launched a new corporate logo with

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4526-512: The whole of Japan. Nippon Television is one of the ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo'' and is the first commercial broadcaster in Asia. Nippon Television Holdings is a listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings , Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony . It forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation , which owns

4599-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

4672-425: Was arrested in December 1945 as a Class-A war criminal and sent to Sugamo Prison . The Yomiuri' s employees continued to produce the paper without heeding executive orders until a police raid on June 21, 1946. The charges against Shoriki were dropped and he was released in 1948. According to research by Professor Tetsuo Arima of Waseda University on declassified documents stored at NARA , he agreed to work with

4745-421: Was designed by Masahiro Touzawa, an employee of the broadcaster. On August 28, 1992, as part of its 40th anniversary, Nippon Television invited Hayao Miyazaki to design its first mascot. The mascot was shaped like a mouse with the tail of a pig, symbolizing creativity, curiosity, and hard work. The mascot's name was collected from an audience nomination campaign and voted on from 51,026 names. The winning name of

4818-672: Was established in October of the same year. After obtaining the broadcasting license, Nippon Television purchased the land for the construction of the headquarters building in Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (currently the Nippon Television Kojimachi branch office), and began preparations for the broadcast of TV programs.However, due to delays in delivering equipment used for broadcasting, test trials were significantly delayed from their initial scheduled date, resulting in NHK being

4891-475: Was formally launched with 19 founding members. The non-news counterpart of Nippon News Network, Nippon Television Network System , was formed on June 14, 1972. The company has intimate connections with Studio Ghibli , led by Hayao Miyazaki . Nippon TV has funded all of the company's productions since Kiki's Delivery Service (excluding Earwig and the Witch , which was fully funded by rival NHK ) and holds

4964-418: Was in a state of recession. Ratings of other Japanese commercial TV stations also declined during that period, from competing with Fuji TV for second place in the core bureau for most of the 1960s to competing with Fuji TV and NET TV (currently TV Asahi), and then being pulled away from TBS. This led Kobayashi Shoriki to launch business reforms to promote the outsourcing of program productions and decided to build

5037-541: Was inspired by the on-screen clock, usually located in the upper left corner of the screen. In 1978, as part of its 25th anniversary, Nippon Television introduced a monsho in addition to the corporate trademark.The logo was designed with the NTV's "sun" and the earth represented by the Mercator projection , symbolizing NTV's leading position in the television industry.The logo is colored blue, representing clear skies. The monsho

5110-464: Was later taken by TV Asahi on ratings of its primetime programming. Nippon TV later regained the Triple Crown Rating in 2014. On April 26, 2012, Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation is founded as part of the network's major reorganization. On October 1, 2012, Nippon Television Network Corporation (first) transitions to a certified broadcasting holding company, Nippon Television Holdings, Inc., and Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation

5183-506: Was slower than that of the JNN affiliates, which are less newspaper-oriented. Before 1958, NTV's programming was seen on CBC and OTV, whose television broadcasts started on December 1, 1956. The four commercial television stations that existed at the time broadcast a special program called The Coming Year (which ran until the end of the Showa era). Until the last edition, production rotated between

5256-678: Was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

5329-464: Was the wedding of the Crown Prince (currently Emperor Emeritus Akihito ) on April 10, 1959, alongside the first TV program with commercials broadcast in color. In December of the same year, NTV aired Japan's first color VTR broadcast Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall from NBC (United States). NTV later obtained a broadcasting license for broadcasting programs in color on September 10, 1960. After

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