TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as , is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network. It is owned and operated by itself a subsidiary of in turn a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc. 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.
History
TV Tokyo was established by the Japan Science Foundation in 1951 and started broadcasting, as 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 ; and shortened the channel's name to , 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.
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. The station mascot is a cartoon banana with eyes, a nose, and a mouth which is bent into a 7, named Nanana.
The network is part of the Japan Consortium, which covers the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.
Broadcasting
Digital
Call sign: JOTX-DTV
Remote controller ID 7
Tokyo Skytree: Channel 23
Analog
Analog transmission ceased on 24 July 2011.
Call sign: JOTX-TV
Tokyo Tower: Channel 12
Programming
Related companies
TV Tokyo Holdings
BS TV Tokyo
TV Tokyo Production
TV Tokyo Music
PROTX
AT-X
FM Inter-Wave Inc.
IntaracTV
Nikkei CNBC
TV Tokyo America Inc.
MediaNet (formerly TV Tokyo MediaNet & Softx)
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. (formerly Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.)
See also
Television in Japan
AT-X
Notes
References
External links
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Anime companies
Mass media companies based in Tokyo
Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Japanese-language television stations
Television networks in Japan
Nikkei Inc.
Mass media companies established in 1951
Television channels and stations established in 1964
Television in Tokyo
Television stations in Japan
TX Network
1951 establishments in Japan
1964 establishments in Japan
Roppongi