formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting
holding company
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. It is the parent company of the
television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
network
TBS Television
TBS may stand for:
Entertainment
* Taipei Broadcasting Station, a radio station in Taipei, Taiwan
* Tokyo Broadcasting System, a stock holding company in Tokyo, Japan
** TBS Television (Japan), a television station
** TBS Radio, a radio stati ...
and radio network
TBS Radio
is a radio station in Tokyo, Japan, the flagship radio station of the Japan Radio Network (JRN). The company was founded by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS, presently named Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.) on March 21, 2000. TBS Radio ...
. It has a 28-affiliate television network called
Japan News Network
The , or JNN, is a Japanese commercial television network run by TBS Television. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and news exchange between the stations. Its m ...
, as well as a 34-affiliate radio network called
Japan Radio Network
or JRN is a commercial radio network in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while ...
.
TBS produced the game show ''
Takeshi's Castle
is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult physical challeng ...
'' and has also broadcast the ''
Ultra Series
''Ultraman'', also known as the , is the collective name for all media produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman (character), Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad monsters. Debuting with ''Ultra Q'' and then ''Ultraman (1966 ...
'' programs and ''
Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan.
TBS is a member of the
Mitsui
is one of the largest '' keiretsu'' in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world.
The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. ( general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industri ...
''
keiretsu
A is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. In the legal sense, it is a type of informal business group that are loosely organized alliances within the social world of Japan's business community. The ''ke ...
'' and has substantial relations with
The Mainichi Newspapers Co. despite the Mainichi's lack of shareholding.
History
* May 1951 - was founded in
Kasumigaseki
Kasumigaseki (霞が関, 霞ヶ関 or 霞ケ関) is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices. The name is often used as a metonym for the Japanese government bureaucracy, whi ...
,
, Japan.
* December 25, 1951 - KRT started radio broadcasting (1130 kHz, 50 kW, until July 1953) from
Yurakucho,
, and the frequency changed to 950 kHz.
* April 1955 - KRT started TV broadcasting (JOKR-TV, Channel 6) from
Akasaka-Hitotsukicho,
Minato, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English.
It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits th ...
.
* August 1, 1959 -
Japan News Network
The , or JNN, is a Japanese commercial television network run by TBS Television. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and news exchange between the stations. Its m ...
(JNN) is formed.
* November 29, 1960 - KRT was renamed , and the headquarters and radio studio were moved to the main building in Akasaka.
* August 1961 - TBS unveils the cursive logo, after the renaming of Tokyo Broadcasting System from KRT.
* 1971 - TBS Radio's transmitter power was increased to 100 kW.
* March 31, 1975 -
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region.
On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions ...
(ABC) dropped out JNN and
Mainichi Broadcasting System
, or MBS, is a radio and television broadcasting company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN), Japan News Network (JNN) and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region.
It i ...
(MBS) joined the news network due to ownership issues with ABC. Since then, MBS has been an affiliated TV station of JNN in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
and
Kansai region
The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolita ...
.
* November 23, 1978 - The frequency for TBS Radio was
moved to 954 kHz.
* May 2, 1986 - TBS starts broadcasting the game show
Takeshi's Castle
is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult physical challeng ...
.
* 1989 - TBS became culpable in the
Sakamoto family murder
On November 5, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto (坂本 堤 ''Sakamoto Tsutsumi'' April 6, 1956 – November 5, 1989), a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult in Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and ...
by
Aum Shinrikyo
, formerly , is a Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year.
The group says tha ...
, resulting in complaints against the network after the case was solved several years later.
* October 19, 1990 - The last-ever episode of
Takeshi's Castle
is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult physical challeng ...
was broadcast on TBS.
* September 20, 1991 - TBS enters into an agreement with
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio service CBS. CBS News television programs include the ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs '' CBS News Sunday Morning'', '' 60 Minutes'', and '' 48 H ...
in the U.S. for newscasts and satellite relays. Following a short-lived logo for 30 years.
* October 3, 1994 - The present headquarters, TBS Broadcasting Center, were completed next to the old headquarters (later renamed as Akasaka Media Building until its demolition in 2003). They are called "Big Hat (ビッグハット)". Nine months after the third logo was unveiled.
*April 1, 1998 - JNN News Bird starts broadcasting. In 2006, the channel was renamed TBS News Bird.
* February 2000 - TBS adopts a symbol based on the Kanji symbol for "person".
* March 21, 2000 - TBS founded
TBS Radio & Communications Inc. (株式会社ティ・ビー・エス・ラジオ・アンド・コミュニケーションズ→株式会社TBSラジオ&コミュニケーションズ), TBS Entertainment Inc. (株式会社ティ・ビー・エス・エンタテインメント), and TBS Sports Inc. (株式会社ティ・ビー・エス・スポーツ), and founded TBS Live Inc. (株式会社ティ・ビー・エス・ライブ) the next day. On October 1, 2001, TBS succeeded the radio station to TBS Radio & Communications, and changed callsign of TV station (JOKR-TV → JORX-TV).
* July 1, 2002 -
TBS ch. starts broadcasting on pay television.
* October 1, 2004 - TBS Entertainment merged TBS Sports and TBS Live, and changed the corporate name to Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (株式会社TBSテレビ).
* October 13, 2005 -
Rakuten Inc. announced that it bought 15.46 percent stake in TBS, bringing it up to 19%.
* After over a month and a half of worries over a possible
hostile takeover
In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company (the ''target'') by another (the ''acquirer'' or ''bidder''). In the UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to ...
, Rakuten withdrew its bid for TBS on December 1 and planned to form a business alliance with the broadcast company instead.
* April 1, 2006 - Digital terrestrial broadcasts commence.
* April 1, 2009 - TBS became a certified broadcast holding company named Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.. TV broadcasting business and culture business were taken over by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. and the letters TBS became in use for the abbreviation of the subsidiary company.
* March 11, 2011 - During the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes ...
, a news special program was broadcast without commercials from the earthquake in three days.
* December 1, 2011 - TBS sold the
Yokohama BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...
, a
Nippon Professional Baseball
or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''.
Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...
team to
DeNA
Dena (in Luri and fa, ) is the name for a sub-range within the Zagros Mountains, Iran. Mount Dena, with length and average width, is situated on the boundary of the Isfahan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provin ...
. DeNA will buy 66.92 percent of the team's stock for 6.5 billion yen from TBS. TBS will retain a 2.31 percent ownership stake in the team.
* April 1, 2016 - TBS Holdings subsidiary, TBS Radio and Communications renamed
TBS Radio
is a radio station in Tokyo, Japan, the flagship radio station of the Japan Radio Network (JRN). The company was founded by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS, presently named Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.) on March 21, 2000. TBS Radio ...
.
* April 1, 2020 - Four months after the
2019 merger of CBS and Viacom
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
Music ...
, TBS Holdings and
TV Asahi Holdings repartnered with
CBS Entertainment Group
The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Paramount Global.
Paramount Pictures Corporation (Film)
* Paramount Pictures
** Paramount Home Entertainment
** Paramount Television Studios
** Paramount Pictures International
** Param ...
via
WarnerMedia Studios & Networks (inc.
The CW
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, a limited liability joint venture between CBS and WarnerMedia), since
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio service CBS. CBS News television programs include the ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs '' CBS News Sunday Morning'', '' 60 Minutes'', and '' 48 H ...
and
CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...
partnered with JNN and
ANN
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Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
for 56 years. Following the fourth logo unveiled for 26 years.
* October 1, 2020: Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. was renamed TBS Holdings, Inc., to commemorate 70th anniversary of the company.
Coverage
Current
Broadcasting rights
Football
= Soccer
=
*
FIFA
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** National teams
*** Men's :
****
FIFA World Cup
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(including qualifiers for Europe (all matches) and Asia (selected matches)
**
Japan national football team
The , nicknamed the , represents Japan in men's international Association football, football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.
Japan was not a major football force until the e ...
**
Japan national under-23 football team
The Japan national under-23 football team(Japanese: U-23サッカー日本代表)is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games an ...
Volleyball
*
FIVB
**
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable ...
**
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
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Golf
*
The Masters
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Multi-sport events
*
IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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*
Summer Olympic Games
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*
Winter Olympic Games
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Announcers
Programs
Below is a selection of the many programs that the network has broadcast.
*''
Kinniku Banzuke
a.k.a. ''Unbeatable Banzuke'' was a weekly Japanese television program and the premier sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). Its successors were and . They were succeeded by '' Muscle Musical''. Several sea ...
'' ('',
Unbeatable Banzuke
a.k.a. ''Unbeatable Banzuke'' was a weekly Japanese television program and the premier sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). Its successors were and . They were succeeded by '' Muscle Musical''. Several sea ...
in
America
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'') ''a former obstacle based game show that inspired
Sasuke ''
*''
Sasuke'' (''
American Ninja Warrior
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, p ...
'' in the
United States
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) ''an obstacle course based game show that was originally part of
Kinniku Banzuke
a.k.a. ''Unbeatable Banzuke'' was a weekly Japanese television program and the premier sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). Its successors were and . They were succeeded by '' Muscle Musical''. Several sea ...
''
*''
Kunoichi
is a Japanese cant term for . In popular culture, it is often used for female shinobi or practitioner of ninjutsu (''ninpo''). The term was largely popularized by novelist Yamada Futaro in his novel ''Ninpō Hakkenden'' (忍法八犬伝) in 1964 ...
'' Sasuke's female counterpart
*''All Star Thanksgiving Festival'' () (Spring/Fall)
*''The Best Ten'' () (1978-1989)
*''
Another World'' ()
*''
Days of Our Lives
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'' ()
*''
Passions
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'' ()
*''Masahiro Nakai's Friday Smarts'' ()
*''
Music Television
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Music television ...
''
*''Quiz ¥20,000,000 Money Drop'' ()
*''
Santa Barbara'' ()
*''
Sunset Beach'' ()
*''
Mino Monta
, born , is a Japanese television presenter. Mino is recognized by the ''Guinness World Records'' as being the TV host with the most hours of live TV appearances in a week (22 hours, 15 seconds), as of April 2008. This breaks his earlier 2006 rec ...
Asa Zuba!'' ()
*''
Sanma's Super Karakuri-TV'' ()
*''
Tokyo Friend Park II'' ()
*''
Count Down TV
(also known as CDTV) is a Japanese late-night music television program, broadcast on TBS since 1993. The program is shown weekly, and features a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, live performances from musicians and music information. ...
''
*''The World Heritage'' ()
*''
Dragon Zakura
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norifusa Mita. Serialized in ''Weekly Morning'' from 2003 to 2007, it was released into 21 ''tankōbon'' by Kodansha between October 22, 2003, and August 23, 2007. It was adapted into li ...
'' ()
*''
Princess Resurrection
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasunori Mitsunaga. The manga was serialized in '' Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' magazine and published by Kodansha. A 26-episode anime series by Madhouse aired on TBS in 2007. Both the ma ...
''
*''
Japan Cable Awards'' ()
*''
Japan Record Award
is a major music awards show, held annually in Japan that recognizes outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association. Until 2005, the show aired on New Year's Eve, but has since aired every December 30 on TBS Japan at 6:30 P.M JST a ...
s'' ()
*''
Tokyo Music Festival
The Tokyo Music Festival was an international music contest that ran from 1972 to 1992. It was organized by the Tokyo Music Festival Association. The first edition of the Tokyo Music Festival took place on 13 May 1972 with 12 participating countri ...
'' ()
*''
Food Battle Club''
*''It's 8 o'clock! Everyone's Gathered'' () (1969-1985)
*''
Takeshi's Castle
is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult physical challeng ...
'' ()
*''Newscope'' () → ''JNN Evening News'' () → ''
Evening 5'' () → ''THE NEWS'' () → ''N Studio'' ()
*''Karei-naru Ichizoku () - TBS 55th anniversary drama starring
Takuya Kimura
is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia.
A 1996 television drama series, ''Long ...
(
SMAP
SMAP was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori. The group was created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates, originally as a six-pi ...
)
*''
Lincoln
Lincoln most commonly refers to:
* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincoln ...
'' ()
*''
Utaban
was a Japanese music variety show, broadcast weekly from October 15, 1996 until March 23, 2010 on TBS. The name of the show is an abbreviation of , meaning "music program". A special version of the show, running for two hours, was occasionally ai ...
'' () → ''The Music Hour'' ()
*''Samurai Baseball'' () -
baseball
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games
*''
Masters Tournament
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''
*''Quiz Derby''
*''We asked 100 people'' () (1979-1992)
*''
Toray Pan Pacific Open
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''
*''
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable ...
,
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
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,
FIVB Volleyball World League
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''
*''
IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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'' (since 1997,
IAAF
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Official Broadcaster)
*''
Happy family plan
is a Japanese game show that aired on TBS Television from 30 April 1997 to 13 September 2000 and was hosted by Akiko Wada and Ichiro Furatachi.
International versions
External links
*
1997 Japanese television series debuts
2000 Jap ...
'' ()
*''
Survivor'' ()
*''
Ah, You're really Gone Now''. This TV film was selected at the 49ème
Festival de télévision de Monte-Carlo
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The opening ceremony inaugurates each new edition, introdu ...
in
Monte-Carlo
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in June 2009. It obtained the special commendation of the
SIGNIS
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Jury.
*''
Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika'' (2005)
*''
Japanese Americans
are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asi ...
'' (2010)
*' (2011)
*''Ginayon'' (1985-2012 (present))
*
Produce 101 Japan
''Produce 101 Japan'' is a 2019 Japanese reality competition show and a spin-off of the South Korean television series ''Produce 101''. The show followed 101 trainees with the intention of producing an 11-member boy band. The members, group nam ...
(2019)
Anime programming
* ''
The Idolmaster
is a Japanese media franchise that began in 2005 with a raising simulation and rhythm video game series created by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The series primarily centers on the career of a producer who works with a group of p ...
''
Criticism
Sakamoto family murders
TBS was accused of failing to
protect its sources in October 1989, when it taped an interview with
Tsutsumi Sakamoto
On November 5, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto (坂本 堤 ''Sakamoto Tsutsumi'' April 6, 1956 – November 5, 1989), a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult in Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and ...
regarding his investigations into the
Aum Shinrikyo
, formerly , is a Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year.
The group says tha ...
sect. The network secretly showed a video of the interview to Aum members without Sakamoto's knowledge. Aum officials then pressured TBS to cancel the planned broadcast of the interview, but Sakamoto, his wife and child were murdered by Aum members on 3 November.
See also
*
Hobankyo
The , commonly abbreviated as , and known in English as the Council for Protection of Copyright of Television Program of Japan is an organization representing Japan-based television networks, motion picture producers, Japanese anime manufacturers ...
- Organization based in Japan that enforces TBS copyright issues.
Notes
References
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