Production Cost, Total 100 Million Yen! TV Osaka, Celebrating its 45th Anniversary, Challenges "Unexplored TV Territories" by Soliciting Next-Generation Project Ideas to Shake the World!

"Too niche, seems difficult to do on TV" "Holding onto a genre that will boom in the future, but unable to commit to initial investment" "Have IP and ideas, but lacked production experience and couldn't propose"

To all creators who have been unable to take a step forward for such reasons, TV Osaka is preparing "a new place where you can challenge starting from an idea."

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TV Osaka, celebrating its 45th anniversary, is launching a large-scale project, investing a total of 100 million yen (maximum), to continuously develop and broadcast new projects from October 2026. We are widely soliciting project ideas that are not bound by TV conventions or preconceived notions, from both inside and outside the company.

This project is TV Osaka's largest-ever call for proposals and its first initiative to accept applications from both internal and external sources.

Project Overview

For one year from October 2026, new projects will be broadcast late at night at a pace of one per month (target) (broadcasting outside late-night hours may also be considered depending on the project). The recruitment scope, traditionally focused internally, has been significantly expanded to welcome proposals from diverse partners such as external creators, production companies, IP development companies, and influencers.

Projects will be selected with priority given to those that have potential for secondary development such as streaming, events, and merchandise, in addition to terrestrial broadcasting.

Three Supports Promised by the Project

・ Broadcast pilot versions on terrestrial TV

Selected projects are, in principle, guaranteed production and broadcasting of "15-30 minutes x multiple episodes (2-4 episodes) *all new works (reruns are not included in the count)" during late-night hours from October 2026 onwards. We will not end with just "consideration," but will definitely provide an opportunity to present to the world, and aim for regularization for promising content.

・ Direct investment of up to 10 million yen

The total production cost, anticipating regularization, is an unprecedented 100 million yen (maximum) for TV Osaka!

2 million to 10 million yen per project (more is possible depending on content) will be provided as production costs (all expenses for program production).

*Depending on the content of the project and the potential for future development, we may consider investing more than the estimated amount. In this project, we will sequentially review and select projects as applications are received.

・ Fair partnership and rights design

We will flexibly respond to revenue sharing for secondary development and co-production (such as production committee format) in accordance with the applicant's investment and provided resources.

*Investment is not mandatory.

Desired Project Genres

We are looking for projects in "unexplored territories" that TV Osaka has not yet touched, or that are considered incompatible with the television medium.

・ Creation of next-generation icons

New genres based on actors, musicians, comedians, cultural figures, YouTubers, influencers, VTubers, characters, etc.

・ Co-creation with specialized media

Visualizing deep information from magazines, web media, and audio media

・ Solution-type IP

Entertainment for corporate and local government challenges