Nippon TV


JOAX-DTV, branded as Nippon TV, is the flagship station of the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company itself a listed subdisiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate; Nippon Television Holdings forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. Nippon TV'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, the network is sometimes contracted to, and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".

History of Nippon Television

In July 1952, Nippon TV was granted the first TV broadcasting license in Japan. The Nippon Television Network Corporation was established in October of the same year. On August 28, 1953, Nippon Television signed on as Asia's first commercial TV station with an animated dove spreading its wings in the logo. Japan's first television commercial also aired at the same time.
In December 1958, NTV introduced videotape recording in a one-off drama series using American RCA 2-inch quad tape. In December 1959, NTV aired Japan's first color VTR broadcast Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall from NBC. On September 10, 1960, NTV was given the right to broadcast color television. On November 22, 1963, using 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 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.

Cultural projects

1980s: The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City was cleaned with NTV's financial help.
April 2005: The Mona Lisa Viewing Room at the Louvre, Paris, was completed. The renovation was sponsored by NTV.
July 2010: The renovation of the exhibition area in the Louvre for Venus de Milo was also completed with the support of NTV.

Broadcasting

Digital TV

Stopped analog TV on July 24, 2011.

News

The company has intimate connections with Studio Ghibli, led by Hayao Miyazaki, and holds the exclusive rights to broadcast their motion pictures. It has also produced and broadcast popular anime series like My Hero Academia, Claymore, Death Note, Hajime no Ippo, as well as Detective Conan and Inuyasha. NTV produced the first, unsuccessful Doraemon anime in 1973; when 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 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.
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.

Special TV programs