() is a Television network in Shiodome area of Minato-ku , Tokyo , Japan owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun . It is known as , Contracted to , as well as "".
- The Headquarters (Shiodome NTV Tower): 6-1, Higashi-Shimbashi 1-chome, Minato-ku , Tokyo , Japan
- Kojimachi Studio (the former headquarters): Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku , Tokyo
- Kansai Branch Office: Kintetsu Dojima Building, 2-2, Dojima 2-chome, Kita-ku , Osaka , Osaka Prefecture
- October 28 , 1952 - Nippon Television Network Corporation was founded.
- 11:40 a.m., August 28 , 1953 - Nippon TV started to telecast as the first commercial television broadcasting.
- August 29 , 1953 - Nippon TV broadcast baseball game in live for Japan's first sports live in commercial TV station (Yomiuri Giants - Osaka Tigers (Now: Hanshin Tigers)).
- September 10 , 1960 - Nippon TV was given right to broadcast Color Television
- April 1 , 1966 - Nippon TV formed Nippon News Network (NNN).
- 1973 - Nippon TV formed Nippon Television Network System (NNS).
- 1985 - Nippon TV completed a studio in New York City .
- July, 2003 - The logo mark of Nippon TV for Japan was changed (Nippon TV → Nittele), however for overseas remained "NTV".
- February 29 , 2004 - The headquarters moved from Kojimachi to Shiodome (Shiodome NTV Tower).
NTV's television network has been plagued by scandal in recent years, most notably after it was revealed that an NTV producer paid viewers to manipulate TV ratings. NTV Chairman Seiichiro Ujiie was compelled to step down from his post at the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters of Japan, an industry-wide ethics body, in October 2003. Shortly thereafter, he resigned as Chairman. NTV subsequently came under fire for staging part of a news show.
On May 18 , 2006 , it was discovered that Nippon Television's Announcer Sosuke Sumitani was sent to the Prosecutor 's office for filming up a high school girl's skirt using a Camera Phone . Sumitani served as a reporter of '' Dotch Cooking Show '' but was forced to leave because of this incident in February, 2006. Nippon Television, however, never publicly reported about the scandal or his name. In addition, not only NTV but also other radio and television stations never reported them. Some people said "" and criticized NTV.
- Call sign:
- Tokyo Tower - Channel 4
- Mito - Channel 42
- Hitachi - Channel 54
- Utsunomiya - Channel 53
- Nikko - Channel 54
- Maebashi - Channel 54
- Kiryu - Channel 53
- Numata - Channel 53
- Hiratsuka - Channel 35
- Call sign:
- Remote controller ID 4
- Tokyo Tower - Channel 25
- Mito - Channel 14
- Utsunomiya - Channel 34
- Maebashi - Channel 33
- Hiratsuka - Channel 25
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 10, Digital Channel 14 10
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 35, Digital Channel 19 4
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 5, Digital Channel 21 5
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 1, Digital Channel 28 1
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 35, Digital Channel 18 4
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 34, Digital Channel 24 4
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 11, Digital Channel 17 4
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 10, Digital Channel 16 4
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 33, Digital Channel 27 4
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 29, Digital Channel 26 4
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 1, Digital Channel 28 1
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 33, Digital Channel 17 {Link without Title}
- Headquartered in , Analog Channel 30, Digital Channel 14 4
- News ZERO (MIDNIGHT)
- News REAL TIME (EVENING)
- NEWS 24
- Family Wisdom of the Itos (伊東家の食卓, end)
- Question for one hundred million people!? Waratte Koraete! (1億人の大質問!?笑ってコラえて!)
- Guruguru Ninety Nine (Gurunai, ぐるぐるナインティナイン, ぐるナイ)
- Nazo o toke! Masaka no Mistery (謎を解け!まさかのミステリー)
- Sekaiichi Uketai Jugyo (世界一受けたい授業)
- Enta no Kamisama ~the God of Entertainment~ (エンタの神様 ~the God of Entertainment~)
- Tokujo! Tensei Shingo (特上!天声慎吾)
- The! Tetsuwan! DASH!! (ザ!鉄腕!DASH!!)
- Gyoretsu no dekiru Horitsu Sodanjo (行列の出来る法律相談所)
- Dotch Cooking Show (どっちの料理ショー, from Yomiuri TV, end)
- Shōten (笑点; the second longest running TV show in Japan, continuously broadcast since May 1966).
- Gaki No Tsukai ( DownTown 's Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, ガキの使いやあらへんで!!)
- Arashi no Shukudai-kun (嵐の宿題くん)
- Kin-chan and Shingo Katori 's All Japan Costume Grand Prix (欽ちゃん&香取慎吾の全日本仮装大賞)
- 24 HOUR TELEVISION "LOVE SAVES THE EARTH" (24時間テレビ「愛は地球を救う」, on the TV stations of NNS)
- All Japan High School Quiz Championship (全国高等学校クイズ選手権)
The company has intimate connections with Studio Ghibli , led by Hayao Miyazaki , and holds the exclusive rights to broadcast their motion pictures. It also produced the popular Anime series Detective Conan , Death Note , Claymore and Hajime No Ippo , as well as '' InuYasha '' (which was produced though its Osaka affiliate, Yomiuri TV ). NTV has also been broadcasting the yearly Lupin III TV specials since 1989, which they co-produce with Tokyo Movie Shinsha .
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