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62-564: It was reported in September 1962 that preparations were being made for the first TV commercial broadcast in Korea. According to the article, Tongyang TV Broadcasting Co., Ltd. was ready to transmit radio waves using purely Korean technology, having secured three cameras and one relay vehicle, and applied before the Korean government for broadcasting frequencies. In January of the following year, it

124-408: 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

186-701: A communication satellite relay, NTV conducted the first black-and-white TV transmission experiment between Japan and 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

248-630: 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

310-453: A national scale; analog broadcasts ended in 2012. Dramas are a pillar of KBS2's schedule. In the last week of April 2024, out of ten dramas broadcast on linear (terrestrial and subscription) and OTT platforms, only two of KBS2's dramas were among the ten-most watched programs of the genre, with viewing figures lower than the ones produced by TVN and streaming services. The channel also airs news, variety shows and Music Bank . Kebit (케빗)

372-515: 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

434-777: A while". In October 1988, just before the No. 5 government investigation led by the Roh Tae-woo government and just before the hearing of the Fifth Republic, the “Tongyang Broadcasting Revitalization Promotion Committee” was formed and adopted a resolution calling for a revival of its operations. On November 26, 1990, JoongAng Ilbo submitted an application for compensation to the Seoul District Prosecutors 'Office of Seoul District Prosecutors' Office to pay compensation of KRW 860 billion for damages incurred from

496-531: Is a South Korean free-to-air television channel launched on 1 December 1980 and owned by Korean Broadcasting System . In contrast to KBS1, the channel specializes primarily in entertainment. KBS2 was created as an effect of the Policy for Merger and Abolition of the Press . The Tongyang Broadcasting Company , set up by Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul , had its license revoked and its operations were absorbed into

558-539: Is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. Nippon Television's studios are located in 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

620-491: 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

682-547: 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 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

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744-494: 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

806-583: 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

868-693: The Korean Broadcasting System . At the time of the decision, TBC was Korea's second largest radio and television company. On November 30, 1980, TBC made its final broadcast and the following day, KBS2 signed on in Seoul and Busan, where TBC had its television stations. Some of TBC's programs were continued under KBS, including the KBS Music Festival, which started in 1965 on TBC. The channel started color broadcasts on December 22, 1980, alongside MBC . Initially commercial-free,

930-462: The Tokyo Tower . When Kobayashi Shoriki (son-in-law of Shoriki) took over Nippon TV in 1969, he continued 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

992-599: The 25th anniversary of Nippon Television's first broadcast in 1978, 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

1054-729: The TV callsign of the Busan branch of Dongyang Broadcasting was reorganized to KBS Busan 2TV. Nippon Television 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

1116-570: 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 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

1178-697: 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, 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

1240-403: The absence of microwaves, focusing on local programs in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongsangnam-do. Therefore, the Seoul (key station) programs such as Show Show Show were broadcast by air or railroad (overland), and broadcasts were delayed by one week, contributing to strengthening the independence of local broadcasting. 5 minutes left, 5 minutes left... The remaining 5 minutes are too harsh. I wish it

1302-657: 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 KBS2 KBS 2TV

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1364-553: 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

1426-409: The channel was headed by its founder, and one of the subliminal goals of TBC was to sell more television sets, at a time where these were still few. TBC took the upper hand in producing prerecorded dramas, something KBS hadn't achieved at the time. TBC also had an animation division, which provided subcontracting services for Japanese animation companies. Thanks to these contracts, the network assisted in

1488-514: The close partnership between Nippon TV and the Yomiuri Shimbun, the network's expansion was opposed by local newspapers, and the network's expansion 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

1550-701: 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

1612-462: The commercial aired upside-down by mistake). Due to high prices, television sets were not widely available at 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

1674-643: The early 70s. In the following years, Nippon TV also participated in cultural events such as the restoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1984 which 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

1736-545: The economic depression in Japan and the discovery of falsification of financial reports by the Ministry of Finance, Nippon TV 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

1798-425: 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

1860-630: The expansion of Nippon Television to the whole of Japan weren't continued due to its given license being restricted to 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

1922-486: The first TV cameras from Tongyang Broadcasting Station were also produced by combining movie cameras and used devices. On May 9, 1964, Tongyang Radio was launched, and on December 7, 1964, Tongyang Television (with headquarters in Seoul on VHF channel 7, call sign HLCE-TV followed by a branch in Busan on channel 9 on December 12, 1964) under the name JBS, on January 15, 1966 it changed from JoongAng (Central) Broadcasting Co., Ltd. to Tongyang Broadcasting, and on August 15 of

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1984-402: 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

2046-515: The following year, Tongyang Standard FM was launched. Tongyang Broadcasting has garnered attention with popular variety shows including Show Show Show and various soap operas since the establishment of TBC-TV and even surpassed the ratings of KBS, which was a state-run broadcaster, and MBC was dominant even after TV set up, despite MBC having several hit dramas. However, as a whole, Tongyang Broadcasting slightly outperformed MBC. Fiscally, TBC made tremendous success due to its connections to Samsung, as

2108-539: 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

2170-655: The forced transfer of Tongyang Broadcasting to the Korean Broadcasting System and the state. The committee rejected 14 companies including the JoongAng Ilbo for compensation for damages after three years of lapse. On November 30, 2009, 19 years later, about 400 people, including former TBC officials and entertainers, held a 'Prayer for the Restoration of Tongyang Broadcasting' and adopted the resolution to encourage JoongAng Ilbo to advance into

2232-571: The general entertainment channel business. The JoongAng Ilbo insisted that its long-term JTBC was the successor to TBC before the Korea Communications Commission's selection process for the generalist channel, and was closed on November 30, 1980. It was launched on December 1, 2011 in commemoration of 31st anniversary of TBC's shutdown. 89.1 MHz, the FM frequency of Tongyang Radio, became KBS 2FM on December 1, 1980, and

2294-587: The hope that your work will be accomplished as you wish and that God's protection will always be with you, the TBC family. I will also take off my headphones now. thank you thank you And I will now leave Tongyang Broadcasting, knowing that Studio 7 is a place with which I have become attached. Tongyang Broadcasting is now 3 minutes long. Lastly, I would like to inform you once again of Tongyang Broadcasting's call sign. here it is… 630… old kilohertz… HLKC… this is… Tongyang Broadcasting..." In November 1980, Tongyang Broadcasting

2356-435: 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

2418-779: 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

2480-481: 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

2542-425: The nominal capital of Tongyang Broadcasting was valued at 400 million won. In the early 1970s, a transmission tower was established in partnership with Dong-A Broadcasting and Munhwa Broadcasting. Since 1978, it has grown significantly, including preparing for color television broadcasts. In the case of Tongyang TV's Busan branch, it is impossible to broadcast a direct signal from Seoul (simultaneous transmission) due to

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2604-520: 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,

2666-459: The outsourcing of program productions and decided to build 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

2728-482: 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 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

2790-458: The production of The Golden Bat and Ghost Man . From 1973, it also started accepting American orders, with Universal Arts being the first client. This would pave way to an entire subcontracting industry in Korea. In the late 1960s, foreign loans of more than US$ 870,000 were introduced to expand the facility. In July 1969, the Apollo 11 Moon landing were broadcast live on TV and radio. In 1971,

2852-513: 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 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

2914-476: The second largest behind Sony . It forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation , which owns 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

2976-478: 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

3038-469: 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

3100-478: 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 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

3162-480: The two KBS networks reintroduced commercial advertising on March 7, 1981. At the start of cable television networks in South Korea in the early 90s, KBS2 was included in the must-carry package, which initially excluded the commercial channels MBC and SBS. Ratings soared for the final episode of First Love on April 20, 1997, at a record 65.8%. Digital terrestrial broadcasts started in 2001, on LCN 7 at

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3224-476: Was 10 minutes. Can't 5 minutes be 10 minutes? Even if the Tongyang Broadcasting that you cherished disappears... we would be grateful if you could cherish the memories of Tongyang Broadcasting in your hearts for a long time. Ah, it's 4 minutes. Goodbye. Goodbye. This is TBC Dongyang Broadcasting. This is TBC Tongyang Broadcasting, your station. Stay safe and healthy until we meet again. I leave with

3286-490: Was about 4.2 billion won, and other broadcasts were less than 1 billion. Later, JoongAng Ilbo estimated the assets at the time to be 70 billion won. On the March 12, 2008 edition of MBC's The Knee-Drop Guru, host Heo Cham said, "Many singers cried during Tongyang Broadcasting's farewell broadcast, and it turned into a sea of tears. In particular, Lee Eun-ha cried during this broadcast, so she was suspended from appearing on radio for

3348-426: 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

3410-675: 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

3472-537: Was forced to merge with KBS at 00:00 on December 1, 1980, following the media consolidation measures carried out by Heo Mun-do after the 12.12 incident and the military forces came into power. TBC Radio was split into two with the AM frequency becoming KBS Radio 3 and the FM frequency became KBS 2FM, and TBC TV became KBS2 . Tongyang Broadcasting disappeared. At the time of the merger and acquisition, Tongyang Broadcasting's assets amounted to 34 billion won. Dong-A Broadcasting's

3534-480: 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

3596-548: 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

3658-467: 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

3720-536: 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 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

3782-584: Was reported that it was scheduled to establish in May by being assigned channel 7 with permission from the authorities. However, the launch was postponed, and in July of that year, chairman Lee Jae-hyeong and director Lee Byung-cheol visited Nippon Television 's president and asked for assistance, such as technical assistance. At that time, the government showed willingness to produce TV receivers and transmitters in Korea, except for parts that could not be manufactured, and

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3844-515: Was the first electoral coverage carried out by commercial TV in Japan. With the issuance of a large number of new TV licenses by 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

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