TV Asahi Corporation (株式会社テレビ朝日, Kabushiki-gaisha Terebi Asahi) (TYO: 9409), also known as EX and Tele-Asa (テレ朝, Tere Asa), is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network.
In 2003, the company headquarters moved to a new building designed by Fumihiko Maki. The address...
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TV Asahi Corporation (株式会社テレビ朝日, Kabushiki-gaisha Terebi Asahi) (TYO: 9409), also known as EX and Tele-Asa (テレ朝, Tere Asa), is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network.
In 2003, the company headquarters moved to a new building designed by Fumihiko Maki. The address is: 6-9-1 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
TV Asahi began as "Nihon Educational Television Co., Ltd." (株式会社日本教育テレビ, Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Kyōiku Terebi) on November 1, 1957. It was established as a for-profit educational television channel, which was (and still is) quite rare in the world television industry. At the time, its broadcasting license dictates that the network is required to devote at least 50% of its airtime to educational programming, and at least 30% of its airtime to children's educational programming.
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