The History of TBS
| Year | Month | TBS's Activities |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | May | Establishment of Radio Tokyo, Inc. |
| - | December | Launch of radio broadcasting |
| 1955 | April | Launch of television broadcasting |
| 1959 | April | Live broadcast of the imperial wedding parade |
| - | August | Formation of Japan News Network (JNN) |
| - | December | Launch of Japan Record Awards |
| - | November | Company name changes to Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) |
| 1960 | September | Launch of color TV broadcasting |
| - | November | Company name changes to Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) |
| 1963 | November | Broadcast of coverage of Kennedy assassination (TBS's first live satellite broadcast) |
| 1964 | October | Live broadcast of Tokyo Olympics |
| 1965 | May | Formation of Japan Radio Network (JRN) |
| 1969 | July | Broadcast of Apollo 11 moon landing |
| - | August | Launch of TV drama Mitokomon: The Shogun's Uncle |
| - | October | Launch of Come on! It's 8 PM |
| 1981 | October | First broadcast of Beijing Marathon |
| 1986 | May | Launch of Takeshi's Castle |
| 1990 | October | Launch of Sugako Hashida's TV drama Relentlessness is Found Everywhere |
| - | December | TBS journalist Toyohiro Akiyama becomes Japan�s first cosmonaut |
| 1991 | November | TV documentary The Great Wall commemorates TBS's 40th anniversary |
| 1994 | April | Work completed on TBS Broadcasting Center |
| 1995 | April | Establishment of TBS website |
| 1998 | February | Broadcast of Nagano Winter Olympics |
| - | April | Launch of 24-hour satellite news broadcasting (JNN News Bird) |
| - | November | Broadcast of Town Hall Meeting with U.S. President Clinton on News 23 |
| 2000 | October | Broadcast of Town Hall Meeting with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji |
| - | December | Launch of digital satellite broadcasting (BS-i) |
| 2001 | October | Subsidiary TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. begins operations |
| 2002 | February | Broadcast of Friends, first dramatic TV film co-produced by Japanese and Korean broadcasters |
| - | July | Launch of satellite broadcasting (C-TBS) |
| 2003 | June | Broadcast of Town Hall Meeting with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun |
| - | December | Launch of digital terrestrial broadcasting |
| 2004 | October | Establishment of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. |
| 2005 | August | Broadcast of the special drama production Hiroshima: August 6, 1945 on the 50th anniversary of TBS television broadcasting |
| 2006 | April | Launch of One Segment mobile TV broadcasting |
| 2007 | April | Launch of new digital radio station OTTAVA |
| - | August | Host broadcaster of the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics-Osaka |
| 2008 | March | Opening of multipurpose complex akasaka Sacas |
| - | April | Broadcast of Town Hall Meeting with Korean President Lee Myung-bak |
| 2009 | February | Departures wins Best Foreign Language Film at 2009 Academy Awards |
| - | April | TBS becomes a certified broadcast holding company, changing its name to Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. |
| 2010 | June | The rating for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Japan vs. Paraguay match averaged 57.3%, the highest in TBS's entire history |
| 2011 | March | Extensive news coverage of the Great East Japan Earthquake and its aftermath |
| - | June | A School Behind Bars wins three awards at Monte-Carlo Television Festival |
| - | July | Transition from analog to digital terrestrial television broadcasting |
| 2013 | September | Season finale of NAOKI HANZAWA marks 42.2%, Japan’s highest drama ratings this century |
| 2015 | April | TBS celebrates its 60th anniversary of television broadcasting |
| 2016 | December | Season finale of The Full-Time Wife Escapist reaches 33.1% in total viewership |
| 2017 | July | TBS Holdings, Inc. establishes Premium Platform Japan, Inc. with 5 of Japan's leading media groups |
| 2018 | April | TBS Television, Inc., Hakuhodo Inc., and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. jointly open Hanasacas Daycare |
| 2018 | December | Launch of 4K broadcasting (BS-TBS) |