TV Tokyo

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JOTX-DTV

TV Tokyo's Japanese logo, used since November 13, 2023
TV Tokyo's headquarters at Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo.
Kantō region Japan
City	Tokyo
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 7
Branding	TV Tokyo
Programming
Affiliations	TX Network (1983–present)
Ownership
Owner	TV Tokyo Corporation
Sister stations	BS TV Tokyo AT-X Nikkei CNBC
History
First air date	April 22, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-04-22)
Former call signs	JOTX-TV (1964–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 12 (VHF; 1964–2011)
Former affiliations	Independent (1964–1983)
Call sign meaning	JOTX-(D)TV JO Tokyo X
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
ERP	10 kW (68 kW ERP)
Transmitter coordinates	35°39′50″N 139°44′36″E / 35.66389°N 139.74333°E / 35.66389; 139.74333
Translator(s)	Mito, Ibaraki Digital: Channel 18
Links
Website	tv-tokyo.co.jp
Corporate information
Company
Native name	株式会社テレビ東京
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Terebi Tōkyō
Formerly	Tokyo Channel 12 Production, Ltd. (1968–1973) Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. (1973–1981) Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd. (1981–2004)
Company type	Subsidiary KK
Traded as	TYO: 9411
Industry	Media
Founded	July 1, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-07-01)
Headquarters	Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower, Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Ichiro Ishikawa (president and CEO)
Services	Television broadcasting
Parent	TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation
Subsidiaries	TV Tokyo Medianet TV Tokyo Music TV Tokyo Direct TV Tokyo America AT-X
Website	www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/kaisha/

JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as TV Tokyo,^[a] is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.^[1] It is owned and operated by TV Tokyo Corporation,^[b] itself a subsidiary of the TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation, in turn controlled by Nikkei, Inc.^[1] It is headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. TV Tokyo is one of the five private broadcasters based in Tokyo, and the last to have started its broadcasts on VHF.

The predecessor of TV Tokyo was Tokyo Channel 12, which was broadcast using the bandwidth returned by the US military stationed in Japan. However, similar to Nihon Educational Television (NET TV), which was also a private educational television station, Tokyo Channel 12 faced a serious business crisis after its launch due to low ratings. Nikkei, Inc. took over the operation of Tokyo Channel 12 in 1969 and officially converted it into a comprehensive television station in 1973. In 1981, Tokyo Channel 12 was renamed TV Tokyo.

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