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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. | |
Native name | 株式会社TBSテレビ |
Romanized name | Kabushikigaisha TBS terebi |
Type | Subsidiary KK |
Industry | Media |
Founded | Tokyo, Japan ( | March 21, 2000)
Headquarters | TBS Broadcasting Center, Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Services | |
Parent | TBS Holdings, Inc. |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references Data from its Corporate Profile |
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City | Tokyo |
Channels | |
Branding | TBS |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Japan News Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | April 1, 1955 |
Former call signs | JOKR-TV (1955-2001) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 6 (VHF) (1955-2011) |
Call sign meaning | JOKR-TV: JO Kabushiki gaisha Radio Tokyo (former name of TBS) JORX-(D)TV: JO Radio Tokyo (X) |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | MIC |
ERP | 10 kW (68 kW ERP) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°39′31″N 139°44′44″E / 35.65861°N 139.74556°E |
Translator(s) | Niijima, Tokyo Analog: Channel 56 Mito, Ibaraki Analog: Channel 56 |
Links | |
Website | www |
JORX-DTV, branded as TBS Television (Japanese: TBSテレビ, Hepburn: TBS Terebi) is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.[1] subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network, or Japan News Network.
TBS produced the Takeshi's Castle game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to Ultraman and the Ultra Series franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to Ultra Q, co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, Ultra Series moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to Sasuke (Ninja Warrior), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show Kinniku Banzuke that lasted for 7 seasons.
On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners) officially announced that they would jointly establish a new company in July to offer paid online video services. TBS Holdings would become the largest shareholder of the new company, Premium Platform Japan, with a 31.5% stake. An official from TBS Holdings, named Yasuhiro Takatsuna, became the new company's president.[2][3][4]
History
Early history
Matsutarō Shōriki, the former owner of Yomiuri Shimbun, brought forward the original idea of private broadcasting in Japan in 1951.[5]: 82 In June of the following year, NHK, Yomiuri Shimbun, and Radio Tokyo (the first private radio broadcaster), became the first few applicants to apply for a TV broadcast license.[5]: 83–84
Broadcasting
Analog
JORX-TV (former callsign: JOKR-TV) - TBS Television ( TBS Terebijōn TBSテレビジョン (former Japanese name: 東京放送 Tōkyō Hōsō))
- Tokyo Tower - Channel 6
- Islands in Tokyo
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- Niijima - Channel 56
- Ibaraki Prefecture
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- Mito - Channel 40
- Tochigi Prefecture
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- Utsunomiya - Channel 55
- Gunma Prefecture
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- Maebashi - Channel 56
- Kiryu - Channel 55
- Saitama Prefecture
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- Chichibu - Channel 18
- Chiba Prefecture
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- Chiba City - Channel 55
- Urayasu - Channel 56
- Kanagawa Prefecture
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- Yokohama-minato - Channel 56
- Yokosuka-Kurihama - Channel 39
- Hiratsuka - Channel 37
- Odawara - Channel 56
Digital
JORX-DTV - TBS Digital Television (TBS Dejitaru Terebijōn TBSデジタルテレビジョン)
- Remote Controller ID 6
- Tokyo Skytree - Channel 22
- Mito - Channel 15
- Utsunomiya - Channel 15
- Maebashi - Channel 36
- Hiratsuka - Channel 22
Networks
TBS programming is also broadcast across JNN-affiliate stations nationwide, which include the following:
- Headquartered in Osaka, broadcast in the Kansai area: MBS, Analog: Channel 4, Digital: Channel 16 (Osaka, ID: 4)
- Headquartered in Nagoya, broadcast in the Chukyo area: CBC, Analog: Channel 5, Digital: Channel 18 (Nagoya, ID: 5)
- Headquartered in Sapporo, broadcast in Hokkaidō: HBC, Analog: Channel 1, Digital: Channel 19 (Sapporo, ID: 1)
- Headquartered in Aomori, broadcast in Aomori Prefecture: ATV, Analog: Channel 38, Digital: Channel 30 (Aomori, ID: 6)
- Headquartered in Morioka, broadcast in Iwate Prefecture: IBC, Analog: Channel 6, Digital: Channel 16 (Morioka, ID: 6)
- Headquartered in Sendai, broadcast in Miyagi Prefecture: TBC, Analog: Channel 1, Digital: Channel 19 (Sendai, ID: 1)
- Headquartered in Nagano, broadcast in Nagano Prefecture: SBC, Analog: Channel 11, Digital: Channel 16 (Nagano, ID: 6)
- Headquartered in Takaoka, broadcast in Toyama Prefecture: TUT, Analog: Channel 32, Digital: Channel 22 (Takaoka, ID: 6)
- Headquartered in Fukuoka, broadcast in Fukuoka Prefecture: RKB, Analog: Channel 4, Digital: Channel 30 (Fukuoka, ID: 4)
- Headquartered in Naha, broadcast in Okinawa Prefecture: RBC, Analog: Channel 10, Digital: Channel 14 (Naha, ID: 3)
Programs
Below is a selection of the many programs that the network has broadcast.
- Kinniku Banzuke (筋肉番付, Unbeatable Banzuke in America) a former obstacle based game show that inspired Sasuke
- Sasuke (Ninja Warrior in the United States) an obstacle course based game show that was originally part of Kinniku Banzuke
- Another World (もう一つの世界)
- Days of Our Lives (私たちの生活の日々)
- Passions (情熱)
- Music Television
- Santa Barbara (サンタバーバラ)
- Sunset Beach (サンセットビーチ)
- Mino Monta no Asa Zuba! (みのもんたの朝ズバッ!!)
- Sanma's Super Karakuri-TV (さんまのスーパーからくりTV)
- Tokyo Friend Park II (関口宏の東京フレンドパークII)
- Count Down TV
- The World Heritage (THE世界遺産)
- Dragon Zakura (ドラゴン桜)
- Princess Resurrection
- Japan Cable Award (発表!日本有線大賞)
- Japan Record Award (輝く!日本レコード大賞)
- Tokyo Music Festival (東京音楽祭)
- Food Battle Club
- Takeshi's Castle (風雲!たけし城)
- Evening 5 (イブニング・ファイブ) → THE NEWS (総力報道! THE NEWS) → N Studio (Nスタ)
- Karei-naru Ichizoku' (華麗なる一族) - TBS 55th anniversary drama starring Takuya Kimura (SMAP)
- Lincoln (リンカーン)
- Utaban (うたばん) → The Music Hour (ザ・ミュージックアワー)
- BANG BANG BASEBALL - baseball games
- Wheel of Fortune
- Masters Tournament
- Toray Pan Pacific Open
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, FIVB Volleyball World League
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics (IAAF Official Broadcaster with Eurovision)
- Happy family plan (しあわせ家族計画)
- Survivor (サバイバー)
- Ah, You're really Gone Now. This TV film was selected at the 49ème Festival de télévision de Monte-Carlo in Monte-Carlo in June 2009. It obtained the special commendation of the SIGNIS Jury.
- Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika (2005)
- Japanese Americans (2010)
Anime programming
See also
- Hobankyo – organization based in Japan that enforces TBS copyright issues.
- TBS video controversy – alleged cause of the Sakamoto family murder incident
References
- ^ Japanese: 株式会社TBSテレビ, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha TBS Terebi
- ^ JIJI (24 May 2017). "Six media firms, led by TBS, to start joint online video service". Japan Times. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Mark Schilling (24 May 2017). "Japan's TBS and Nikkei Head Video Platform Launch". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Six Japanese media companies to start joint online video service".
- ^ a b TBS50年史 [Tokyo Broadcasting's 50 Years] (in Japanese). Tōkyō Broadcasting System. 2002. OCLC 835030477.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- TBS official international website (in English)