TBS Television (Japan)

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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.

Native name	株式会社TBSテレビ
Type	Subsidiary KK
Industry	Media
Founded	Tokyo, Japan ((2000-03-21)March 21, 2000)
Headquarters	TBS Broadcasting Center, Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Services	Television broadcasting Television program production and distribution
Parent	TBS Holdings, Inc.

JORX-(D)TV

Kantō Region, Japan
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF - LCN 6)
Branding	TBS
Slogan	From TBS (2016-) From each moment, a better tomorrow (2020-)
Programming
Affiliations	JNN
Ownership
Owner	Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
History
First air date	April 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)
Technical information
ERP	10 kW (68 kW ERP)
Transmitter coordinates	35°39′31″N 139°44′44″E / 35.65861°N 139.74556°E / 35.65861; 139.74556
Translator(s)	Niijima, Tokyo Analog: Channel 56 Mito, Ibaraki Analog: Channel 40 Digital: Channel 15 Utsunomiya, Tochigi Analog: Channel 55 Digital: Channel 15 Maebashi, Gunma Analog: Channel 56 Digital: Channel 43 Kiryū, Gunma Analog: Channel 55 Chichibu, Saitama Analog: Channel 18 Narita, Chiba Analog: Channel 55 Tateyama, Chiba Analog: Channel 56 Yokohama Minato Mirai 21, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 56 Yokosuka-Kurihama, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 39 Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 37 Digital: Channel 22 Odawara, Kanagawa Analog: Channel 56
Links
Website	http://www.tbs.co.jp/eng/

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.

TBS produced the Takeshi's Castle game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel is also home to Ultraman and the Ultra Series franchise from 1966 onwards – 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. 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]

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

• Niijima - Channel 56

Ibaraki Prefecture

• Mito - Channel 40

Tochigi Prefecture

• Utsunomiya - Channel 55

Gunma Prefecture

• Maebashi - Channel 56
• Kiryu - Channel 55

Saitama Prefecture

• Chichibu - Channel 18

Chiba Prefecture

• Chiba City - Channel 55
• Urayasu - Channel 56

Kanagawa Prefecture

• 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)
• (しあわせ家族計画)
• Survivor (サバイバー)
• . 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[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• TBS official international website (in English)