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1 April 1979: Analog broadcasting officially starts.
1 December 2005: Digital broadcasting officially starts.
1 April 2006: Started doing business as "Teletama".
From Wikipedia’s article on Television Saitama, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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Logo: Television Saitama Co., Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Television station in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (株式会社テレビ埼玉, Kabushiki-gaisha Terebi Saitama) abbreviated TVS, doing business as Teletama (テレ玉, Teretama), is a Japanese fee-free terrestrial commercial television broadcasting company headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its intended coverage is Saitama Prefecture but with some spill-overs into surrounding prefectures. Teletama is an "independent" terrestrial television station, which means not belonging to any major national networks keyed in Tokyo and Osaka.2 It employed 66 people in 2022.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (株式会社テレビ埼玉, Kabushiki-gaisha Terebi Saitama) abbreviated TVS, doing business as Teletama (テレ玉, Teretama), is a Japanese fee-free terrestrial commercial television broadcasting company headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its intended coverage is Saitama Prefecture but with some spill-overs into surrounding prefectures. Teletama is an "independent" terrestrial television station, which means not belonging to any major national networks keyed in Tokyo and Osaka. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS) and co-produces, exchanges programs and sells advertising opportunity with other members.2
1 April 1979: Analog broadcasting officially starts.
1 December 2005: Digital broadcasting officially starts.
1 April 2006: Started doing business as "Teletama".
From Wikipedia’s article on Television Saitama, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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