History of Nippon Television Group

1950s

  • October 1952

    Nippon Television Network Corporation established

    • Nippon Television Network Corporation
  • August 1953

    First in Japan to commence commercial broadcasting

    Launch of Japan's first commercial broadcast
  • September 1959

    Company stock listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange

1960s

Group Business Foundation

  • October 1969

    Nippon Television Music Corporation established

    • Nippon Television Music, Inc.

1970s

The Challenge of Diversification

  • February 1972

    Audio and Video (now AX-ON Inc.) established

    • NTV AX-ON Inc.
  • April 1972

    Nippon Television Service Inc. established

    • Nippon Television Service Inc.
  • December 1975

    NTV Enterprize (now NTV EVENTS Inc.) established

    • NTV Events Inc.

1980s

Expanding into New Fields

  • March 1980

    Cleanup (now NTV Real Estate Inc.) established

    • NTV Real Estate, Inc.
  • January 1981

    VAP Inc. established

    • VAP, Inc.
  • June 1986

    U.S. subsidiary NTV International Corporation established

    • NTV International Corporation
  • March 1987

    Force Corp. (now NTV Personnel Center Corp.) established

    • Force Corp. (now NTV Personnel Center Corp.)

1990s

  • January 1992

    NTV Europe established

    • NTV Europe
  • April 1992

    Rights Inn Corporation established

    • Rights Inn Corporation
  • December 1993

    RF Radio Nippon Co., Ltd. became a subsidiary

    • RF Radio Nippon Co., Ltd.
  • April 1995

    Nippon Television Art Inc. became a subsidiary

    • Nippon Television Art Inc.
  • December 1998

    BS Nippon Corporation established

    • BS Nippon Corporation

2000s

Dawn of the Digital Era

  • December 2000

    BS digital broadcast commenced

  • March 2001

    CS Nippon Corporation established

    • CS Nippon Corporation
  • March 2002

    CS digital broadcast commenced

  • April 2003

    New headquarters Nippon Television Tower completed

    Nippon Television Tower completed
  • February 2007

    NTV Technical Resources Inc. established

    • NTV Technical Resources Inc.
  • July 2009

    ACM Co., Ltd. established

    • ACM Co., Ltd.

2010s

Holdings Structure and the Streaming Era

  • February 2011

    Madhouse Inc. became a subsidiary

    • Madhouse Inc.
  • October 2012

    Transitioned to a certified broadcasting holding company structure

    • Nippon Television Holdings
  • January 2014

    Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. became a subsidiary

    • Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd.
  • April 2014

    HJ Holdings, Inc. established

    • HJ Holdings, Inc.
  • December 2014

    TIPNESS Limited became a subsidiary

    • TIPNESS Limited
  • March 2017

    Logic Logic Co., Ltd.（now PLAY, inc.) became a subsidiary

    • LogicLogic, Inc.（now PLAY）, Inc.
  • August 2017

    NTV Life Marketing Inc. established

    • NTV Life Marketing Inc.
  • June 2018

    AX Entertainment, Inc. established

    • AX Entertainment Inc.
  • July 2018

    NTV IT Produce (now NTV Wands Inc.) established

    • NTV IT Produce (now NTV Wands Inc.)
  • August 2019

    Weekday, Inc. became a subsidiary

    • Weekday, Inc.

2020s

New Endeavors

  • March 2022

    MURAYAMA Inc. Holdings became a subsidiary

    • MURAYAMA Inc. Holdings
  • April 2022

    ClaN Entertainment Inc. established

    • ClaN Entertainment Inc.
  • May 2023

    la belle vie Inc. became a subsidiary

    • la belle vie
  • September 2023

    JCG Co., Ltd. became a subsidiary

    • JCG Co., Ltd.
  • October 2023

    STUDIO GHIBLI INC. became a subsidiary

    • STUDIO GHIBLI INC.
  • January 2024

    EASY PRODUCTION k.k. became a subsidiary

    • EASY PRODUCTION k.k.
  • May 2025

    NTV Human Resources Research Institute Inc. established

    • NTV HR Research Institute