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Kansai Telecasting Corporation

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Area served
  
Kansai region, Japan

Founded
  
1958

Services
  
Telecasting

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Type
  
Public Kabushiki gaisha

Industry
  
Information, Communication

Headquarters
  
1-7, Ogimachi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan

Key people
  
Sumio Fukui (President)

CEO
  
Sumio Fukui (23 Jun 2008–)

TV shows
  
Himitsu no Hanazono, Anohana: The Flower We Saw, Gilgamesh, Shadow Warriors, Canaan

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Kansai Telecasting Corporation (関西テレビ放送株式会社, Kansai Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha, KTV), often called Kansai TV (関西テレビ, Kansai-terebi) or Kantele (関テレ), is a tv station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Osaka, serving the Kansai region of Japan. Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group.

Contents

Offices

  • the headquarters – 1-7, Ogimachi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
  • Tokyo Branch Office – Jiji Tsushin Building, 15-8, Ginza Gochome, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
  • Nagoya Branch Station – Telepia, 14-25, Higashi-Sakura Itchome, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    • Advertising slogan

  • April, 1975: Stay tune, Channel 8. (チャンネルそのまま8チャンネル, Because Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS) were exchanged; more details on the exchange in its own articles.)
  • 1994: Dash
  • 1995 – March, 1997: Peechiku-Park Station (ピーチクパークステーション, Hachiemon, the mascot character of Kansai TV, was born.)
  • April, 1997–present : Kante-le (カンテーレ)
  • March 30, 2015- (Planned) : More than, Kantele (超えろ。カンテレ)

    • History of Kansai TV

  • February 1, 1958 – Dai Kansai TV Company (大関西テレビ放送株式会社) was founded.
  • July 5, 1958 – Dai Kansai TV was renamed "Kansai Telecasting Corporation", and started analog terrestrial telecasting on November 22.
  • 1959 – Kansai TV formed a TV network with Fuji TV, Tokai TV and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting
  • 1964 – The affiliated station of the network in Fukuoka changed to TV Nishinippon.
  • 1966 – Fuji News Network (FNN) was formed.
  • 1970 – Fuji Network System (FNS) was formed.
  • 1982 – Kansai TV hosted the first Osaka Women's Marathon.
  • 1992 – Kansai TV opened Lemon Studio in Tokyo.
  • October 1, 1997 – Kansai TV moved the headquarters from Nishi-Temma, Kita-ku, Osaka to Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka. While its old Nishi-Temma headquarters demolished in 2011 and now as car parking lot.
  • December 1, 2003 – Kansai TV started digital terrestrial telecasting.
  • July 24, 2011 – Analog terrestrial telecasting ended.
  • March 30, 2015 – Kansai TV plans to unify the appellation "Kantele (カンテレ)" and plans to change logo to "8 kantele (8 カンテレ)". The long-running KTV and 8 logos end their usage.

    • Digital

    JODX-DTV

  • Virtual: 8
  • Osaka (Mt. Ikoma) – Channel 17
    • Shiga Prefecture
  • Otsu, Hikone, Koka – Channel 17
  • Shigaraki – Channel 48
    • Kyōto Prefecture
  • Fukuchiyama, Maizuru, Miyazu, Mineyama, Kameoka – Channel 17
  • Yamashina – Channel 47
    • Osaka Prefecture
  • Kashiwara, Miksaki, Nose – Channel 17
    • Hyōgo Prefecture
  • Mt. Maya (Kobe), Himeji, Hokutan-Tarumi, Miki, Kasumi, Kinosaki, Tatsuno, Fukusaki, Nishiwaki, Sasayama, Hikami, Ako, Aioi, Kawanishi-Keyakizaka, Nantan – Channel 17
  • Inagawa – Channel 40
  • Ichijima – Channel 34
  • Yoka, Hidaka, Yamasaki – Channel 29
  • Nagata-ku, Myoho-ji – Channel 39
  • Kanzaki – Channel 44
    • Nara Prefecture
  • Tochihara – Channel 41
    • Wakayama Prefecture
  • Wakayama, Kinokawa, Kainan, Gobo, Kibi, Arida, Tanabe, Shimotsu, SHingu, Kushimoto – Channel 17
  • Hashimoto – Channel 44
  • Tanabe-kita, Minabegawa, Yura – Channel 48

    • Analog

  • as of the end of the broadcasting

    • JODX-TV

  • Osaka (Mt. Ikoma) and cities along Osaka Bay – Channel 8
    • Shiga Prefecture
  • Otsu – Channel 40
  • Shigaraki – Channel 37
  • Koka – Channel 59
  • Hikone – Channel 60
    • Kyoto Prefecture
  • Yamashina, Kyoto – Channel 58
  • Kameoka – Channel 37
  • Fukuchiyama – Channel 60
  • Maizuru – Channel 59
    • Osaka Prefecture
  • Hirakata – Channel 57
  • Kashiwara – Channel 58
  • Miksaki – Channel 58
    • Hyōgo Prefecture
  • Kobe – Channel 43
  • Himeji – Channel 60
  • Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi – Channel 59
  • Toyooka – Channel 60
  • Kasumi – Channel 37
    • Nara Prefecture
  • Ikoma-Asukano – Channel 39
  • Gojo – Channel 37
  • Yoshino – Channel 38
    • Wakayama Prefecture
  • Wakayama – Channel 46
  • Gobo – Channel 59
  • Kinokawa – Channel 59
  • Kainan – Channel 60
  • Hashimoto – Channel 29
  • Arida – Channel 39
  • Kushimoto – Channel 59
  • Shingu – Channel 40

    • News

    Every Sunday morning
  • KTV News (KTVニュース) – from 6:00 a.m. until 6:15 a.m.
    • Before noon
  • FNN Speak (FNNスピーク) – from 11:30 a.m. until noon on weekdays and from 11:45 a.m. until noon on Saturdays
  • KTV News (KTVニュース) – from 11:50 a.m. until noon on Sundays
    • In the evening
  • FNN Supernews Anchor (FNNスーパーニュースアンカー) – from 4:54 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on weekdays
  • FNN Supernews WEEKEND (FNNスーパーニュースWEEKEND) – from 5:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. every weekend
    • Before 9 p.m.
  • KTV News Pick Up – from 8:54 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. every day (Regularly news from Tokyo, sometimes news from Osaka)

    • Information

  • Gokigen Lifestyle Ready, Go! (ごきげんライフスタイル よ〜いドン!)
  • Hapi-kuru! (Happiness is on its way!) (ハピくるっ!)
  • Niji Iro Jean (にじいろジーン)
  • Momoko no Oh! Sore! Miyo! (モモコのOH!ソレ!み～よ!)
  • Mr. Sunday (Mr.サンデー) – collaboration with Fuji TV

    • Variety shows

  • SMAP×SMAP (read: smap smap) – collaboration with Fuji TV
  • Catherine (キャサリン) → Catherine III (キャサリン三世)(end)
  • Hiroiki Ariyoshi no Daretoku!? (有吉弘行のダレトク!?)
  • Takajin Mune Ippai (たかじん胸いっぱい)
  • Uramayo! (ウラマヨ!)
  • Samma no Mamma (さんまのまんま)
  • R-1 Grand Prix
  • Hakkutsu! Aru-aru Dai-Jiten → Hakkutsu! Aru-aru Dai-Jiten II (発掘!あるある大事典→発掘!あるある大事典II)(end)
  • Kaimono Seikatsu Nambo de Nambo? (買物生活ほんでなんぼ?) (end)
  • Gout Temps Series (グータンシリーズ) (end)

    • Dramas produced by Kansai TV

  • 27 FNS stations　from 10 p.m. until 10:54 p.m. on Tuesdays
  • Current: Fight! Bookstore Girls (戦う!書店ガール)
    • See the Official website for the current TV drama.
    In past (10 p.m. on Tuesdays)
  • Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO)
  • HUNTER ~Sono Onna-tachi, Shoukin Kasegi~ (HUNTER〜その女たち、賞金稼ぎ〜, International title: HUNTER ~Women After Reward Money~) (starring Ryoko Yonekura, shown on FNS stations including Fuji TV)
  • Ii hito. (いいひと。, lit. A Good Parson)
  • Sommelier (ソムリエ)
  • Boku no Ikiru Michi (僕の生きる道, lit. My way to live)
  • Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru michi (僕と彼女と彼女の生きる道, lit. My, her, and her way to live)
  • At Home Dad (アットホーム・ダッド)
  • Ganbatte Ikimasshoi (がんばっていきまっしょい) (wholly produced by Kansai TV)
  • Oniyome Nikki (鬼嫁日記)
  • Unfair (アンフェア)
  • Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (ブスの瞳に恋してる, lit. I can't Take My Eyes off the Unpretty) (wholly produced by Kansai TV)
  • Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (結婚できない男, lit. The Man who cannot marry)
  • Boku no Aruku Michi (僕の歩く道, lit. My way to walk)
  • Himitsu no Hanazono (ヒミツの花園)
  • Oniyome Nikki Ii Yu dana (鬼嫁日記 いい湯だな)
  • Love & Farm (牛に願いを～Love & Farm～) (wholly produced by Kansai TV)
  • Monster Parent (モンスターペアレント)
  • Real Clothes (リアル・クローズ) (wholly produced by Kansai TV) – based on the manga "Real Clothes" by Satoru Makimura
  • Utsukushiki Rinjin (美しき隣人, lit. The Beautiful Neighbor)
  • Good Life (グッドライフ〜ありがとう、パパ。さよなら〜) (wholly produced by Kansai TV) – based on the novel "Good Life" by Cho Chang-In
  • Team Batista Series (チーム・バチスタシリーズ)
  • Team Batista no Eikō (チーム・バチスタの栄光)
  • General Rouge no Gaisen (チーム・バチスタ2 ジェネラル・ルージュの凱旋)
  • Team Batista 3 Ariadne no Dangan (チーム・バチスタ3 アリアドネの弾丸)
  • Hungry! (ハングリー!)
  • Me, Becoming a Doctor at Age 37 (37歳で医者になった僕) (wholly produced by Kansai TV)
  • "Saki" (サキ) (with MMJ)

    • and more...

    Special
  • The Silence of Nightingale (ナイチンゲールの沈黙)
  • Ghostly Girl (幽かな彼女)

    • Sports

  • Professional Baseball Live 2017 (プロ野球中継2017, the Hanshin Tigers and the Orix Buffaloes)
  • Osaka International Ladies Marathon (大阪国際女子マラソン, Hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Kansai TV, the Sankei Shimbun, Sankei Sports, Radio Osaka and Osaka City)
  • Keiba Beat (競馬BEAT)
  • Diamond Cup Golf

    • Radio and TV

  • Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS, 毎日放送)
  • Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, 朝日放送)
  • Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd. (KBS Kyoto, 京都放送, KBS京都)

    • TV only

  • Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (ytv, 読売テレビ)
  • Television Osaka, Inc. (テレビ大阪)
  • SUN-TV (サンテレビ)
  • Biwako Broadcasting (びわ湖放送)
  • Nara TV (奈良テレビ)
  • TV Wakayama (テレビ和歌山)

    • Radio only

  • Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, Radio Osaka, ラジオ大阪)
  • FM OSAKA
  • FM802

    • Website

  • Official website

    • References

    Kansai Telecasting Corporation Wikipedia
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