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TV TOKYO Holdings

2010 March TV TOKYO Corporation, TV TOKYO Broadband Entertainment, Inc. and BS Japan Corporation enter into a basic agreement to integrate into a single certified broadcasting holding company.
May TV TOKYO Corporation, TV TOKYO Broadband Entertainment, Inc. and BS Japan Corporation enter into a management integration agreement to integrate into a single certified broadcasting holding company, and jointly draft a share transfer plan.
October TV TOKYO Holdings Corporation is established as a certified broadcast holding company and is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2011 January Nikkei CNBC Japan, Inc. becomes an equity-method affiliate.

Group Company Corporate History (prior to integration)

TV TOKYO

1968 July Tokyo 12 Program Sales Co., Ltd. is established (capital: ¥1 billion) at 18, Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, to produce and distribute broadcast programs for the Japan Science Promotion Foundation’s television station.
1969 August Tokyo 12 Music Publishing Co., Ltd. is established (currently TV TOKYO Music, Inc.; consolidated subsidiary).
November Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. acquires an equity stake.
1973 October The company changes its corporate name to Tokyo 12 Channel (English name: Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd.), and acquires the Japan Science Promotion Foundation’s television operations.
November The company shifts to general programming.
1978 April Tokyo 12 Program Sales Co., Ltd., Ltd. is established (currently TV TOKYO Medianet, Inc.; consolidated subsidiary).
September Tokyo CM Center, Inc. is established (currently TV TOKYO Commercial, Inc.; consolidated subsidiary).
December Sound multiplex broadcasts begin.
1981 October The company changes its corporate name to TV TOKYO Corporation (English name: Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd.).
1985 December The company moves its headquarters (4-3-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo).
1988 March TELEVISION TOKYO CHANNEL 12 PRODUCTION Co., LTD. is established (currently TV TOKYO Production, Inc.; consolidated subsidiary).
1991 April TXN Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (currently TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.) begins broadcasts, marking the completion of TXN’s six-station network covering major cities across Japan, with TV TOKYO Corporation as a key station.
1994 November Test broadcasts begin for the commercial application of Hi-Vision (HDTV).
December Pronto, Inc. is established (currently TV TOKYO Direct, Inc.; consolidated subsidiary).
1995 August Wide-clear vision (EDTV) broadcasts begin.
October Data multiplex broadcasts begin (InterText; IT Vision).
1997 December Anime Theater-X, a fee-based, anime specialty CS satellite channel begins broadcasts.
1998 April TOWER TV CO., LTD. merges with ACT, Inc., and the company name is changed to Technomax, Inc. (consolidated subsidiary).
December The company invests in BS Japan Corporation (currently BS Japan Corporation) upon its establishment (broadcasts begin in December 2000).
1999 December The Tennouzu Studio is completed (1-3-3 Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo).
2000 June The company transfers Anime Theater-X’s operations to the newly established AT-X, Inc. (consolidated subsidiary).
2001 January InteracTV Co., Ltd. is established (affiliate).
March TV TOKYO Broadband Entertainment, Inc. is established (affiliate).
2003 June The company changes its English name to TV TOKYO Corporation from Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd.
December The company begins terrestrial digital broadcasts (call sign: JOTX-DTV; digital Channel 7).
December Data multiplex broadcasts end.
2004 August The company is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2005 July TV TOKYO Art Center, Inc. and TV TOKYO Lighting, Inc. merge, and the corporate name is changed to TV TOKYO Art, Inc. (consolidated subsidiary).
December TV TOKYO Broadband Entertainment, Inc. (affiliate) is listed on the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2006 April One-seg broadcasts begin.
2007 May TV TOKYO Golf Digest Online LLC (consolidated subsidiary) is established through a joint investment with Golf Digest Online Inc.
2008 July A promotional campaign is launched for the terrestrial digital Channel 7.
2009 March FM Inter-Wave Inc. becomes a consolidated subsidiary.
April Change Field Co., Ltd. is established (equity-method affiliate).
June The company introduces a corporate officer system.
July FM Inter-Wave Inc. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary.
November TV TOKYO Golf Digest Online LLC is liquidated.
2010 September The company is delisted from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

BS Japan

1998 December The company is established (capital: ¥2.5 billion).
2000 September Test broadcasts begin.
December Broadcasts begin.
2005 June The company changes its name (from BS Japan Corporation to BS Japan Corporation).
July The head office is moved to the present location of 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

TXBB

2001 March The company is established (capital: ¥700 million) to develop content and handle related rights, and to distribute content via Internet-based technologies.
April The company enters into a comprehensive licensing agreement with TV TOKYO Corporation, securing comprehensive distribution rights to TV TOKYO’s broadcast content and taking over the Anime-X mobile distribution service from TV TOKYO. The company is entrusted with the production of TV TOKYO’s company website.
October Service is launched for TV TOKYO official mobile website “Teretomobairu”, TV TOKYO Corporation’s official mobile website.
2005 December The company is listed on the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2006 February The company acquires an equity stake in FM Inter-Wave Inc. and enters into music-related businesses.
April TXBB Any, Inc., a website production subsidiary, is established. (The company name is later changed to TXBB Creative, Inc.)
2009 March TV TOKYO Broadband Entertainment, Inc. transfers its shareholdings in FM Inter-Wave Inc. to TV TOKYO Corporation and exits from music-related businesses. The company merges with TXBB Creative, Inc. in an absorption-type merger.
August The head office is moved to the present location of 4-3-9 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
2010 September The company is delisted from the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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