TV Asahi

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TV Asahi Corporation
株式会社 テレビ朝日
Type Broadcast television network
Country Flag of Japan Japan
Availability National
Owner TV Asahi Corporation (株式会社 テレビ朝日)
Key people Masao Kimiwada (president)
Launch date November 1, 1957
Former names Nihon Educational Television Co., Ltd. (NET, 株式会社日本教育テレビ),
Asahi National Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (ANB, 全国朝日放送株式会社)
Website
www.tv-asahi.co.jp

TV Asahi Corporation (株式会社 テレビ朝日 Kabushiki-gaisha Terebi Asahi?) (TYO: 9409), also known as EX and Tele-Asa (テレ朝 Tere Asa?), is a television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network.

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[edit] The headquarters

In 2003, the company headquarters moved to a new building designed by Fumihiko Maki.

[edit] History of TV Asahi

TV Asahi broadcasting center
TV Asahi broadcasting center

TV Asahi began as "Nihon Educational Television Co., Ltd." (株式会社日本教育テレビ Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Kyōiku Terebi?) in 1957. It was established as a for-profit educational television channel, which was (and still is) quite rare in the television industry. At the time, its broadcasting license dictates that the network is required to devote at least 50% of its airtime to educational programming, and at least 30% of is airtime to children's educational programming.

However, the for-profit educational television model eventually proved to be a failure. In 1960, NET began its transformation into a general-purpose television station. It began to broadcast manga cartoons and foreign movies. So as not to run afoul of the educational TV license requirements, NET justified the airing of these programs under the pretext of "nurturing a child's emotional range" and "introduction of foreign cultures". At the same time, NET also changed its name from "Nihon Educational Television" to "NET TV" (NETテレビ).

Seven years later, in 1967, NET aired its first colour broadcast programme.

NET's transformation into a general-purpose television station was complete by November of 1973, when NET, along with educational channel "Channel 12" (now TV Tokyo) in Tokyo applied and received a general purpose television station license. At the same time, NET renamed itself to NET General Television (総合局NET‎), and was renamed as "Asahi National Broadcasting Company Limited" (全国朝日放送株式会社 Zenkoku Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha?) on April 1, 1977.

In 1996, TV Asahi established the All-Nippon News Network (ANN) (オールニッポンニュース・ネットワーク Ōru Nippon Nyūsu Nettowāku?), and began a number of reforms, including the unification of all presentation styles on its regional networks and the creation of a new logo to give asahi the look and feel of a national television network. On October 1, 2003, the head office moved from its Ark Hills Studio to Roppongi Hills, and the station was renamed "TV Asahi Corporation", with the name presented as "tv asahi" on-screen.

The transmission of international aquatics competitions, World Cup football matches, and creation of popular late-night TV programs contributed to a rise in ratings for TV Asahi, and lifted the TV station from its popularly ridiculed "perpetual fourth place" finish into second place, right behind Fuji TV, by 2005.

[edit] Idents and station brand

TV Asahi's current ident sets and station branding were created by UK design collective Tomato (some members works as the electronic music group Underworld) along with Asahi's in-house design department in 2003. It comprises a set of computer-generated "sticks", which changes in colour and movement along with the background music that accompanies the idents. Normally, the station branding on-screen appears as either "/tv asahi" or "tv asahi\". The fonts used by Asahi on its fonts are Akzidenz Grotesk Bold (for the English part)，and ヒラギノ角ゴシック（W8） (for Japanese).

[edit] TV broadcasting

Since 2004, the funding of this station is through sponsorship.


tv asahi
テレビ朝日
EX
Kantō Region, Japan
Channels Analog: JOEX-TV, Channel 10 (VHF)

Digital: JOEX-DTV, Channel 24 (UHF - LCN 5)
Translators Hachiōji, Tokyo
Analog: Channel 45

Tama, Tokyo
Analog: Channel 57
Chichi-jima, Ogasawara Islands
Analog: Channel 59
Mito, Ibaraki
Analog: Channel 36
Digital: Channel 17
Hitachi, Ibaraki
Analog: Channel 60
Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Analog: Channel 41
Digital: Channel 17
Maebashi, Gunma
Analog: Channel 60
Digital: Channel 43
Chichibu, Saitama
Analog: Channel 38
Narita, Chiba
Analog: Channel 59
Tateyama, Chiba
Analog: Channel 60
Yokohama Minato Mirai 21, Kanagawa
Analog: Channel 60
Yokosuka-Kurihama, Kanagawa
Analog: Channel 35
Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
Analog: Channel 41
Digital: Channel 24
Kitadaitō, Okinawa
Analog: Channel 48

Minami Daito, Okinawa
Analog: Channel 60
Affiliations All-Nippon News Network
Owner TV Asahi Corporation
Founded 1957
Website http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/

[edit] Analog

JOEX-TV - TV Asahi (テレビ朝日)

Tokyo
  • Hachiōji - Channel 45
  • Tama - Channel 57
Islands in Tokyo
  • Chichijima - Channel 59
Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Mito - Channel 36
  • Hitachi - Channel 60
Tochigi Prefecture
  • Utsunomiya - Channel 41
Gunma Prefecture
  • Maebashi - Channel 60
Saitama Prefecture
  • Chichibu - Channel 38
Chiba Prefecture
  • Narita - Channel 59
  • Tateyama - Channel 60
Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Yokohama-minato - Channel 60
  • Yokosuka-Kurihama - Channel 35
  • Hiratsuka - Channel 41
Okinawa Prefecture
  • Kita-Daito - Channel 48
  • Minami-Daito - Channel 60

[edit] Digital

JOEX-DTV - TV Asahi Digital Television (テレビ朝日デジタルテレビジョン)

Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Mito - Channel 17
Tochigi Prefecture
  • Utsunomiya - Channel 17
Gunma Prefecture
  • Maebashi - Channel 43
Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Hiratsuka - Channel 24

[edit] Networks

[edit] Programs

[edit] News programmes

  • Action News
  • ANN News
  • Hodo Station (報道ステーション)
  • Super J Channel (スーパーJチャンネル)
  • Super Morning (スーパーモーニング)
  • Wide! Scramble ( ワイド!スクランブル)
  • Yajiuma Plus (やじうまプラス)

[edit] Sports programmes

[edit] Variety programmes

[edit] Drama programmes

[edit] Announcers

[edit] Male announcers

[edit] Female announcers

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[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in Tokyo, Japan

1･2 NHK Tokyo - 4 NTV - 5 TV Asahi - 6 TBS - 7 TV Tokyo - 8 Fuji TV - 9 Tokyo MX - 12 Open Univ.
TV Asahi Networks

Hokkaidō,Tohoku:HTB-ABA-IAT-KHB-AAB-YTS-KFB
Kanto,Shinetsu,Shizuoka:TV Asahi-UX-abn-SATV
Kinki,Chukyo,Hokuriku:ABC-NBN-HAB
Chugoku,Shikoku:KSB-eat-HOME-yab
Kyūshū,Okinawa:KBC-NCC-KAB-OAB-KKB-QAB