Kōji Kamibayashi
Kōji Kamibayashi (髪林 孝司, Kamibayashi Kōji; born October 10, 1960 in Sapporo, Japan) is the founder and former CEO of TV Tokyo Broadband.[1] TV Tokyo Broadband, also known as TXBB,[2] went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2005 (TYO: 3786).[3] The company also was the largest shareholder of InterFM (officially: FM Inter-Wave) in Tokyo, Japan.
Career
[edit]As CEO of TXBB, he was responsible for bringing many famous animations such as Peanuts, Snoopy and Woodstock, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, France's Miffy, and Russia's Cheburashka, among others, to Japan.[4] He also revived the fortunes of the children's program Sesame Street[5] when he created a consortium to control the show's fortunes in Japan after NHK dropped it. The consortium soon turned it around and made Sesame Street into a successful program in Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ "TV Tokyo affiliate to become biggest shareholder in FM Inter-Wave",
- ^ "Reuters: TV TOKYO BROADBAND ENTERTAINMENT,INC.",
- ^ businessweek.com TXBB,
- ^ "Cheburash: Animation Phenomenon Goes to TV Tokyo Broadband Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine",
- ^ "5 Firms to Set Up Consortium for Sesame Street Biz in Japan",
External links
[edit]- Acrodea, TV Tokyo Broadband in basic accord for Comprehensive business alliance[permanent dead link]
- Japan: Internet Affiliate to Become Biggest Shareholder in Radio Firm
- Animation Phenomenon Goes to TV Tokyo Broadband Entertainment Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- LewRockwell.com Becoming Financially Successful