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History of Nippon Television

  • September 4, 1951: Matsutaro Shoriki announces his plan to create Nippon Television.
  • July 1952: Nippon Television is granted the first TV broadcasting license in Japan.
  • October 28, 1952: Nippon Television Network Corporation is established.
  • August 28, 1953: Nippon Television starts to broadcast television; it is the first commercial television broadcaster in Japan.
  • September 10, 1960: Nippon Television is given the right to broadcast colour television.
  • April 1, 1966: Nippon News Network (NNN) is formed.
  • October 9, 1969: Matsutaro Shoriki, the founder of NTV, dies.
  • 1972: Nippon Television Network System (NNS) is formed.
  • 1974: NTV's London News Bureau opens.
  • 1985: NTV completes a television studio in New York City, which is later sold to CBS.
  • 1987: NTV's cable news channel, NCN, is launched.
  • 1993: Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli, Inc. designs Nippon Television's mascot character Nandarō (なんだろう?, lit. What Is It?) to commemorate the channel's 40th Anniversary.
  • April 1998 NCN relaunches as 24-hour news channel, NNN24, available via cable (within Japan) and satellite (in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan).
  • July 2003: The internal network name changes (日テレ, Nippon Television), however "NTV" is still used for overseas as the same font as "日テレ".
  • February 29, 2004: Nippon TV moves its headquarters from Kojimachi to Shiodome.
  • 2011: Nittele becomes the top broadcaster in Japan, beating the previous record-holder Fuji Television. NTV's victory was propelled by high ratings of its Wednesday nightly drama Kaseifu no Mita.
  • April 26, 2012: Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation is founded.
  • October 1, 2012: Nippon Television Network Corporation (first) transitions to a certified broadcasting holing company, Nippon Television Holdings, Inc., and Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation is renamed Nippon Television Network Corporation (second).
  • February 1–2, 2013: NTV and NHK General TV (which is also celebrating its own 60th year) collaborate for a two-day TV special.

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