13 Facts About Nippon Television

When Nippon Television TV started in 1953, its English acronym "NTV" was used as its first corporate logo, with a colored version later used in 1972 after the launch of color TV broadcasting.

In 2003, Nippon Television TV launched a new corporate logo with the introduction of Nandarou, the broadcaster's mascot.

On January 1,2013, Nippon Television TV changed its logo as part of its 60th anniversary, with the "?" kanji changed to number 0 with a diagonal line inside, to denote starting from zero and starting anew.

In 1978, as part of its 25th anniversary, Nippon Television TV introduced a Monsho in addition to the corporate trademark.

On July 31,1952, Nippon Television TV was granted the first TV broadcasting license for a commercial broadcaster in Japan.

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Nippon Television founded the NNS in 1972 to improve collaboration among network stations in the field of non-news programming.

On September 15,1959, Nippon Television's stock was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, becoming the first media company in Japan to list its stock.

Nippon Television applied to the Ministry of Posts in April 1957 for a color television broadcast license, which it received in December of that year.

In October 1971, Nippon Television TV achieved in broadcasting all of its programs in color.

Nippon Television TV had been successful in exporting its programs around the world, with programs such as The Water Margin and Monkey being aired on the BBC.

Nippon Television TV launched NCN in 1987, being the first news channel in Japan.

Also in 2011, Nippon Television TV regained the Triple Crown Ratings after 8 years due to high ratings of the drama I am Mita, Your Housekeeper.

Nippon Television TV has funded all of the company's productions since Kiki's Delivery Service and holds the exclusive Japanese rights to broadcast their motion pictures.