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 TV Tokyo Holdings and TV Tokyo's headquarters at Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Minato, Tokyo | |
| TXHD | |
Native name | 株式会社テレビ東京ホールディングス |
Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Terebi Tōkyō Hōrudingusu |
| Type | Public KK |
| TYO: 9413 | |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | April 22, 1964 in Tokyo |
| Headquarters | Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower, Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo |
| Services | |
| Revenue | ¥128,667 million (consolidated, March 2015) |
| ¥5,0050 million (consolidated, March 2015) | |
| ¥3,089 million (consolidated, March 2015) | |
| Total assets | ¥100,565 million (consolidated, March 2015) |
Number of employees | 1,422 |
| Parent | Nikkei, Inc. (32.24%) |
| Subsidiaries | AT-X TX Network BS TV Tokyo TV Tokyo Corporation TV Tokyo Medianet TV Tokyo Music |
| Website | http://www.txhd.co.jp |
 Logo used since 1998 | |
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| City | Tokyo |
| Channels | |
| Branding | TV Tokyo |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | TX Network (1983–present) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TV Tokyo Corporation |
| BS TV Tokyo AT-X Nikkei CNBC InterFM | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1951 |
First air date | April 22, 1964 |
Former call signs | JOTX-TV (1964–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 12 (VHF) (1964-2011) |
| Independent (1964–1983) | |
Call sign meaning | JOTX-(D)TV JO Tokyo X |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | MIC |
| ERP | 10 kW (68 kW ERP) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°39′50″N 139°44′36″E / 35.66389°N 139.74333°E |
| Translator(s) | Mito, Ibaraki Digital: Channel 18 |
| Links | |
| Website | TV-Tokyo.co.jp (in Japanese) |
| Company | |
Native name | 株式会社テレビ東京 |
Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Terebi Tōkyō |
| Formerly | Tokyo Channel 12 Production, Ltd. 株式会社東京12チャンネルプロダクション (1968-1973) Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. 株式会社東京12チャンネル (1973-1981) Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. (1981-2004; English name only) |
| Type | Subsidiary KK |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | Tokyo, Japan (July 1, 1968) |
| Headquarters | Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower, Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo |
| Services | |
| Parent | TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation |
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as TV Tokyo (テレビ東京, Terebi Tōkyō), is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.[1] It is owned and operated by TV Tokyo Corporation[a], itself a subsidiary of TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation,[b] in turn a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc..[1] It is headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. TV Tokyo is one of the five private broadcasters based in Tokyo.
TV Tokyo was established by the Japan Science Foundation in 1951 and started broadcasting, as Science TV Tokyo Channel 12 Television (科学テレビ東京12チャンネルテレビ, Kagaku Terebi Tōkyō Jūni-channeru Terebi) on April 12, 1964. It took its name from its VHF frequency channel 12. It almost went bankrupt in 1968; on 1 July that year, a limited liability company, Tokyo Channel 12 Production was established with the help of the Nikkei and Mainichi Broadcasting System.
In 1969, the Nikkei and MBS signed a memorandum of understanding which stipulates that Tokyo Channel 12 should share programs with Nihon Educational Television (NET, now TV Asahi). This forms a de facto alliance that lasts until 1975.
In October 1977 Tokyo Channel 12 Production was renamed Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. (株式会社東京12チャンネル, Kabushiki-gaisha Tōkyō Jūni-channeru); and shortened the channel's name to Tokyo Channel 12 (東京12チャンネル, Tōkyō Jūni-channeru), dropping "Science TV" from its name. At the same time, the station moved to Shiba Park. A month later, it became a general-purpose TV station along with NET. On April 1, 1978, Tokyo launched a new production company, Softx.
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In 1981, it was again renamed, this time to Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. d/b/a TV Tokyo; the current Japanese name of the company was also assumed in the same year.
In 1983, TV Tokyo formed the Mega TON Network (now TX Network) with TV Osaka, and Aichi Television Broadcasting. The company shifted its head offices from Shiba Park to Toranomon in December 1985. On October 4, 1999, Tokyo's production company Softx was renamed TV Tokyo MediaNet. In 2004, TV Tokyo MediaNet was shortened to MediaNet. On June 25, 2004, the company assumed its current English name TV Tokyo Corporation. After the digital transition, the channel began broadcasting on digital channel 7. On November 7, 2016, TV Tokyo moved its headquarters to the new building at Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower from its old studios in Toranomon. The network initially used a Circle 7-style logo to broadcast animated programs.[citation needed] The station mascot is a cartoon banana with eyes, a nose, and a mouth which is bent into a 7, named Nanana (ナナナ).
The network is part of the Japan Consortium, which covers the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.
Analog transmission ceased on 24 July 2011.
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Main article: List of programs broadcast by TV Tokyo |
