| 1964 | NHK begins development of HDTV |
| 1982 | NHK begins producing programs in HDTV |
| 1984 | The first producing HDTV programming of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles |
| 1985 | HDTV is given the brand name "Hi-Vision" Experimental Hi-Vision broadcast at EXPO '85 TSUKUBA |
| 1988 | The first Hi-Vision broadcast of the Olympic Games (in Seoul) |
| 1990 | First international Hi-Vision drama The Ginger Tree co-produced with the BBC First major music program in Hi-Vision: the opera Der Ring des Nibelungen, co-produced with Bayerische Staatsoper/Freistaat Bayern |
| 1991 | The HPA (Hi-Vision Promotion
Association) begins test broadcasting 8 hours a day in Japan 1994 The first Hi-Vision broadcast of the FIFA World CupTM (in the USA) |
| 1995 | Test broadcasting is expanded
to 10 hours a day |
| 1998 | US space shuttle takes
Hi-Vision cameras aboard, providing the world's first Hi-Vision pictures
from space NHK's Hi-Vision technology wins an Emmy award |
| 1999 | NHK broadcasts WILD ASIA:
the Untold Story, a Hi-Vision co-production with NHNZ Ltd |
| 2000 |
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) approves NHK’s Hi-Vision
as a global studio standard US space shuttle carries Hi-Vision cameras for a second time Digital satellite broadcasting commences in Japan; NHK launches 24-hour Hi-Vision -only channel |
| 2001 | The first 5.1 surround
sound broadcast on NHK's Hi-Vision channel BS hi NHK's Hi-Vision system installed in the UN General Assembly Hall |
| 2002 | The first official, international
joint HDTV production executed at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games FIFA World CupTM co-hosted by Korea and Japan is broadcast in Hi-Vision |
| 2003 | Digital terrestrial broadcasting
commences in Japan |
| 2004 | The first international joint
HDTV production of the summer Olympic Games (in Athens) |
| 2005 | First demonstration of Ultra High Definition TV at the World Exposition in Aichi, Japan |
| 2006 | NHK provides international
HDTV feed (speed skating) at the Olympic Games in Turin First overseas demonstration of Ultra High Definition TV at NAB (National Association of Broadcaster) in USA First live Hi-Vision broadcast from space, the live feed connected the International Space Station with NHK’s studios. Digital terrestrial broadcasting commences at all 47 prefectural capitals in Japan |
