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Japan Television

Nihon Television (日本テレビ/日テレ/NTV) is a television and radio network.

On 28 August 1953 the company started to broadcast television as the first network of television broadcast and on 10 September 1960 was given right to broadcast color television. In 1966 the company has formed NNN (Nippon News Network) and NNS (Nippon Television Network System)

The company has intimate connections with Studio Ghibli lead by Miyazaki Hayao, and holds the rights to broadcast their motion pictures.

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