Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Tokyo Broadcasting System is a Japanese media company, specialized in the production and distribution as well as the broadcasting of TV programs. Since 1996, a partnership has been in effect  for the production of documentaries on World Heritage that are broadcasted in Japan.

This partnership was previously concluded between the World Heritage Centre and the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan (NFUAJ), but has been a direct partnership between TBS and the Centre since 2006.

Objectives :

• Develop and broadcast, weekly in Japan, a new documentary film in Hi-Vision digital format (HDTV)
• Raise awareness of TV viewers and mobilize resources for World Heritage conservation.

In 2012, fifty 3 minute episodes were produced and donated to the World Heritage Centre, out of TBS's archives. Those short movies are broadcasted on SONY Bravia internet TV.