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Chapter 92 92. Six major TV stations

"Here, curry chicken chop rice, I don't have time to buy ingredients today, so let's make do with it first."

Tsuda Nao said, placing a plate of curry rice in front of Qing Zhiyuan.

"Mmm, it smells so good."

Qing Zhiyuan sighed.

It’s great to be able to eat curry rice.

She took off her apron and sat down with Qing Zhiyuan.

While eating, the two of them discussed future plans in Nao Tsuda's apartment.

"Ignoring the animation production company, you can start with the broadcasting station." Nao Tsuda said.

"Yes, I think so too." Qing Zhiyuan agreed.

The broadcasting of the TV station is actually quite critical, and they have to finalize their schedule. It would be terrible to broadcast it in some garbage time slot.

"The TV station itself has an animation production department. If it is produced by the TV station, the cost will be cheaper, and after their internal review, the own animation will also have an advantage." Nao Tsuda said.

"So which TV station is better to choose for the first broadcast?"

Neon TV stations are different from Chinese TV stations.

Neon has six major TV stations:

NHK (Neon Broadcasting Association), NTV (Neon Television Network Co., Ltd., referred to as Neon TV), Fuji TV, TBS (Neon Tokyo Broadcasting), Asahi and Tokyo Television (TV Tokyo)

Except for NHK, which is public, all other TV stations are privately owned.

The TV station itself is responsible for its own profits and losses, which is equivalent to an enterprise system.

Cooperation with TV stations also depends on the specific situation. If your animation is good enough and has a wide audience, then the TV station will have to pay the animation company to purchase it before it can be broadcast.

But there is also the opposite situation, that is, if you want to broadcast your own animation on a TV station, you need to pay a certain fee.

Exclusive broadcast, first broadcast, schedule...these situations are different, and the prices are also different.

In short, you have to discuss the specific situation with the TV station yourself.

"NHK will not consider it for now." Tsuda Nao frowned.

NHK is known as the No. 1 neon TV station because it broadcasts to a national audience and is in the form of simultaneous live broadcast. Other TV stations can only achieve nationwide broadcast by establishing cooperative relationships with local governments.

However, NHK is not particularly concerned about animation. The proportion of cartoons in the schedule is relatively small compared to other TV stations, and the review is very strict and relatively conservative.

Qing Zhiyuan understands this very well.

NHK is equivalent to China's CCTV. If the review is not strict and conservative enough, it will easily cause controversy and cause great harm to its own image.

After all, as a public media, you need to be responsible to the whole country.

If you count them in detail, you will actually find that the cartoons played by NHK: "The Mystery of the Sapphire", "Ninja Rantaro", "Cardcaptor Sakura"... these are actually suitable for all ages and full of positive energy.

"There's no need to think about it, Asahi."

TV Asahi is called a station for the elderly. In fact, you can find that the audience they target is generally older, so they basically focus on serious dramas.

Workplace dramas are TV Asahi’s magic weapon.

NTV's variety shows are good, but the cartoons may be lacking a bit.

The only ones left are Fuji, TBS, and TV Tokyo.

"The first choice is of course Fuji TV." Nao Tsuda said, tapping the word "Fuji" on the notebook.

Fuji TV has always been the king of animation broadcasts.

"Dragon Ball", "Astro Boy", "Baseball Heroes"...

In particular, "Chibi Maruko-chan" aired last year, actually achieved a ratings of 39.9%, becoming the highest-rated anime in Neon history on record.

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"But the problem is obvious." Nao Tsuda lowered his eyebrows, scooped up a spoonful of curry rice and put it into his mouth.

After chewing carefully for a while, he slowly said, "There are so many animations waiting to be queued. Even if we join in now, we don't know when it will be queued. It is very likely that it will not be broadcast at this time next year."

"For unknown companies like us, we might be able to get involved with Toei Productions, but the corresponding costs will definitely increase a lot."

"You have to ask to know the details."

"Yeah." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

"TBS can also ask."

Nao Tsuda moved her gaze to TV Tokyo at the end, with a hint of disgust in her eyes.

Among the six major Neon TV stations, TV Tokyo's full-day ratings are about 2.7%, making it the smallest (poor) one.

This TV station is simply an animation broadcasting machine with no emotions.

Lots of cartoons. Animation is played for 5 hours a day, even late at night.

The reason is only one word——

poverty.

And this TV station is famous for always going its own way.

While other TV stations follow the mainstream and compete to broadcast major news first, TV TOKYO always adopts an attitude of not competing with the world and according to the arranged program schedule, it is known as the "Legend of TV TOKYO" on Neon TV and the world.

When major news occurs, turn on 6 TV stations at the same time and you can see the following exciting scenes.

The Prime Minister issued a resignation statement, and several other TV stations were keeping up with the current events. Only TV Tokyo was airing a TV commercial for the treatment of baldness.

When a major earthquake occurs, other TV stations are broadcasting emergency reports, but what about TV Tokyo? A cartoon is playing.

Even when world-class news like a nuclear power plant explosion occurred in the previous life, TV Tokyo still broadcast the animal world unhurriedly.

Even when Tianhuang was about to change its era name, an event that everyone was paying attention to, TV Tokyo still went its own way and taught everyone how to make fish soup more delicious.

In this way, the legend of TV Tokyo came into being due to its broadcasting habits that were independent of the world, occasionally meaningful, and unwaveringly aware of current affairs.

Everyone has developed the habit of watching TV Tokyo during holidays, and Neon Movies also made such a joke——

【It doesn't matter. As long as TV Tokyo is still showing cartoons, it doesn't matter. 】

On the "Neon End of the World" 2CH, there is even such a disaster level:

Level 1: NHK broadcasts special programs → it’s time to pay attention;

Level 2: NTV, TBS, Fuji, and Asahi broadcast special programs → It’s time to be alert;

Level 3: TV Tokyo has inserted subtitles → Maybe it’s time to evacuate;

Level 4: TV Tokyo has changed its usual program schedule → It’s really time to evacuate;

Level 5: The Prime Minister issues a public announcement to the people → state of emergency;

Level 6: TV Tokyo stopped broadcasting animations and started broadcasting emergency programs directly → the world is going to end.

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Follow your own path and let others tell you.

TV Tokyo explains this sentence well.

But why is TV Tokyo so willful?

The reason is nothing else but lack of money!

People say that if you have money, you will be willful, but TV Tokyo doesn’t have the money to be willful.

There are many other reasons besides lack of money.

For example, there are not enough manpower.

Currently, Fuji TV has approximately 930 employees, while TV Tokyo has only half that number - 420 employees.

When TV Tokyo was first established, it had very few staff, and few people stayed on duty on weekends. How could it have the ability to respond to breaking news?

Another is that TV Tokyo’s live broadcast equipment is not advanced and cannot compare with other TV stations.

Since TV stations have little investment and few employees, when major news occurs, other TV stations often change their program schedules temporarily and produce special programs for emergency broadcast, while TV Tokyo mostly quietly broadcasts scheduled programs.

Without him, I am only poor.

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In short, in 1991, there was no "Pokémon", nor was there "Neon Genesis Evangelion", "Yu-Gi-Oh!", "Gintama" and "How many floors can a bag of rice carry"? TV Tokyo was a TV station that even Tsuda Nao despised.

"But, the cartoons are broadcast very diligently, which is also the advantage of Dongtai.

The broadcasting cost is much lower than other TV stations, which is also an advantage. "

Tsuda Nao smiled and said, "Think about it finally."

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