International Sales Chief
Ayako Ito
Nagoya TV was established in 1961. Its major shareholders are the Asahi Shimbun (one of Japan’s leading newspapers), TV Asahi and Toyota Motor Corporation.
It began broadcasting in 1962 under the policy of “providing trustworthy news programs, enjoyable high-quality entertainment contents.”
The station plays an important role in the twenty-four-station ANN (All Nippon News Network) network, which includes such major stations as TV Asahi in Tokyo and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in Osaka.
Nagoya TV provides a wide range of programs mainly to the prefectures of Aichi, Gifu, Mie and their surrounding areas. This means it has an audience of 4.37 million house-holds and 11.3 million viewers.
It also broadcasts national programs to all the ANN network.
Nagoya TV has been aggressively developing its entertainment contents business as a main production company of “An” (Directed by Naomi KAWASE), a movie released in 2015, “Harmonium” (Directed by Koji FUKADA), a movie released in 2016 which was awarded the Jury Prize of "Un Certain Regard" category at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival and “Asako Ⅰ＆Ⅱ”（Directed by Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI）to be released on September 1 ,2017 in Japan. The film "The Real Thing" (Directed by Koji Fukada) is selected for Cannes Official Selection 2020 Label.
We produce and sell feature films as well as TV dramas, documentaries, 4K program, variety shows and travelogues.
