Nippon Television Network Corporation (abbreviation: NTV, Japanese: 日本テレビ放送網株式会社, Nihon Terebi Hōsōmō Kabushiki Gaisha) is a television and radio network in Shiodome , Tokyo, Japan owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun. It is known as "Nihon TV" (日本テレビ) or "Nittele" (日テレ).
The company has intimate connections with Studio Ghibli, led by Miyazaki Hayao, and holds the exclusive rights to broadcast their motion pictures. It also produced the popular anime series Inuyasha though its Osaka affiliate, Yomiuri TV.
Offices
- Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Kintetsu Dojima Building, Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
History of Nippon TV (Nittele)
On August 28, 1953, Nippon TV started to broadcast television as the first network of television broadcast and on September 10, 1960, was given right to broadcast color television in 1966. On April 1, 1966, Nippon TV formed Nippon News Network (NNN), and formed Nippon Television Network System (NNS) in 1973. In 1985, the studio of Nippon TV was completed in New York City. In July, 2003, the logo mark of Nippon TV was changed (Nippon TV → Nittele). On February 29, 2004, the main office moved from Kojimachi to Shiodome.
Broadcasting
TV (Analog)
TV (Digital)
- Call sign: JOAX-DTV
- Remote controller ID 4
- Tokyo Tower - Channel 25
Programs (Times in JST)
News
Variety
- Family Wisdom of the Itos (伊東家の食卓) - broadcasted all over Japan from 19:00 untill 19:58 every Tuesday
- Question for one hundred milion people!? Waratte Koraete! (1億人の大質問!?笑ってコラえて!) - broadcasted all over Japan from 19:00 untill 19:58 every Wednesday
- Guruguru Ninety Nine (Gurunai, ぐるぐるナインティナイン, ぐるナイ) - broadcasted all over Japan from 19:00 untill 20:00 every Friday
- Nazo o toke! Masaka no Mistery (謎を解け!まさかのミステリー) - broadcasted all over Japan from 20:00 untill 20:54 every Friday
- Sekaiichi Uketai Jugo (世界一受けたい授業) - broadcasted all over Japan from 19:58 untill 20:54 every Saturday
- Enta no Kamisama ~the God of Entertainment~ (エンタの神様 ~the God of Entertainment~) - broadcasted all over Japan from 22:00 untill 22:54 every Saturday
- Tokujo! Tensei Shingo (特上!天声慎吾) - broadcasted in the Kanto area, Aomori Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Ehime Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Kagoshima Prefecture from 16:25 untill 16:55 every Sunday
- The! Tetsuwan! DASH!! (ザ!鉄腕!DASH!!) - broadcasted all over Japan from 18:55 untill 19:58 every Sunday
- Gyoretsu no dekiru Horitsu Sodanjo (行列の出来る法律相談所) - broadcasted all over Japan from 21:00 untill 21:54 every Sunday
Sport
- Japanese Professional baseball (プロ野球, baseball games of the Yomiuri Giants)
- Gekikukan Pro Yakyu (劇空間プロ野球, 1992 - 2001)
- THE BASEBALL Buttle Ballpark Sengen (THE BASEBALL バトルボールパーク宣言, 2002 - 2003)
- Ikkyu no Kinchokan THE LIVE (一球の緊張感 THE LIVE, 2004 - Present)
Special TV program
Other TV stations in Tokyo
See also
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