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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.

Public
+1
tbs.co.jp
Broadcast Media Production And Distribution300+ employeesFounded 1951🇯🇵 Japan

Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS) is the principal subsidiary of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. and one of the leading commercial TV networks in Japan. Since established in 1951, TBS has produced and broadcast countless popular dramas, variety shows, news and live sports. Programs aired on TBS have been distributed around the world to great acclaim across all five continents. TBS’s globally famous originals such as the TV drama series Naoki Hanzawa – set the record for ‘No1 world trending topic’ on Twitter for ten straight weeks. Takeshi’s Castle and the sports entertainment show Ninja Warrior have both been broadcast in over 150+ countries and have achieved universal popularity.

Founded
1951
Employees
300+
Industry
Broadcast Media Production And Distribution
Company type
Public Company
Stock
tyo: 9401
Headquarters
🇯🇵Tokyo
Specialties
Media ProductionEntertainmentBroadcastingBroadcast Media Production and Distribution
0 / 2
Active markets
China · Italy
0
New markets
Medium
Confidence
mostly early signals
+100%
Momentum
vs prior period
12 / 100
Expansion Score
Early
Stages2Exploring
1 signal · Last 90 days

Global expansion

Live
ChinaItaly
Stages
ExploringInvestingLandingOperating

Activity pulse

New Marketing & PR activity — 1 fresh signal just appeared.

Last 90 days
Hiring
0
No activity
Marketing & PR
1New
News / PR
Product & Tech
0
No activity
+2more categoriesLocked
3 of 5 shown

Market entry timeline

The order this company entered each market — oldest to newest

1
🇨🇳China1st market entered · 2025Advancing
Exploring
1 signalExploring stage
2
🇮🇹Italy2nd market entered · 2026Advancing
Exploring
1 signalExploring stage
Current stageExploringTesting the waters
Confidence48%Medium
Tracking since2025first signal

Recent signals

News / PR🇺🇸 United States3w ago

Yuji Comments on Ginza Odor Incident

Partnership🇮🇹 Italy4mo ago

Ski jumper Funaki repeatedly mentions 'Japan Beer'

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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS) is the principal subsidiary of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. and one of the leading commercial TV networks in Japan. Since established in 1951, TBS has produced and broadcast countless popular dramas, variety shows, news and live sports. Programs aired on TBS have been distributed around the world to great acclaim across all five continents. TBS’s globally famous originals such as the TV drama series Naoki Hanzawa – set the record for ‘No1 world trending topic’ on Twitter for ten straight weeks. Takeshi’s Castle and the sports entertainment show Ninja Warrior have both been broadcast in over 150+ countries and have achieved universal popularity.

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