Kyodo TV

is a Japanese

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founded on July 28, 1958 as . It is a

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of Fuji Television, one of the largest television networks in Japan. Kyodo produces a wide variety of television shows, including

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series, and so on. Originally a part of

Kyodo News is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo. It was established in November 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan. The newspapers using its news have about 50 million ...

, Kyodo Television was formed in 1958 through the joint financing of Tōkai Television Broadcasting, Kansai Telecasting Corporation, Nihon Kyōiku TV (NET, now

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, and other smaller partners as Kyodo Television News. Shortly after the new company was formed and began production, NET and NHK withdrew their financial support from the venture. From this point, the company began producing works mainly for the Fuji TV network. In 1966, with the inauguration of Fuji News Network, Kyodo was producing television programs solely for Fuji TV. The name of the company was changed to the present Kyodo Television in 1970, and the company began producing a variety of programming for the Fuji TV network. Mass media companies established in 1958 Mass media companies based in Tokyo Television news in Japan Television production companies of Japan 1958 establishments in Japan Television in Tokyo Fuji Television {{tv-production-company-stub