TV Asahi's Broadcasting Center at Ark Hills, not far from its headquarters since 2003.
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17 Facts About TV Asahi
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TV Asahi's current branding were created by UK design collective Tomato along with TV Asahi's in-house design department in 2003.
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TV Asahi uses a brief eyecatch of its sticks animation at the top-left of the screen after commercial breaks.
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The background music used for TV Asahi's sign-on and sign-off videos are Underworld's Born Slippy.
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TV Asahi later updated its sign-on and sign-off video in 2008 with a revised version of computer-generated "sticks" animation and new background music.
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From 1991 to 2001, TV Asahi was unique among the national television networks for its English language theme song, Join Us, which was used for both the startup and closedown sequences.
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The following year, the TV Asahi Shimbun appointed to the post of station director Koshiji Miura .
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Nikkei Newspaper transferred its ownership of NET TV to The TV Asahi Shimbun, making the latter the largest shareholder of NET TV.
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In 1977, thanks to his close relationship with Ivan Ivanovich, head of the Japanese Section of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Koshiji Miura was able to meet with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and help TV Asahi obtain exclusive broadcasting rights for the 1980 Moscow Olympics in Japan.
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TV Asahi collaborated with property development firm Mori Building Company to redevelop the Roppongi area.
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Launch of the evening news program "News Station" in 1985 helped TV Asahi establish its viewership advantage at 10pm on weekdays, strengthening its position in news programs.
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Multiple changes happened since 2000 after TV Asahi had been staying in the same 4th place for 10 consecutive years in TV ratings.
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TV Asahi launched BS Asahi in December 2000, the satellite version of its main terrestrial channel.
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In 2009, Hiroshi Hayakawa became the president of the broadcaster, being the first president of TV Asahi who had been serving the broadcaster since its inauguration.
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Between April and June 2012, TV Asahi won in the Triple Crown ratings for the first time with 12.
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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.
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TV Asahi contains not only original anime, but in particular foreign cartoons, some shows dubbed in Japanese language and some shows in original and subtitled .
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