New York Times Square 2017 NYE Celebrations: One Billion People Expected to Watch the Countdown Extravaganza on TOSHIBA VISION

TOKYO, Dec. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba Corporation is, once again, an official sponsor for New York Times Square's world famous New Year's Eve celebrations for 2017.

The world's biggest countdown party, with more than one million expected revelers, will feature a series of events and entertainment, which will be shown on the giant TOSHIBA VISION dual LED screen atop One Times Square, below the festive Times Square New Year's Eve Ball.

Press materials: http://www.image.net/toshiba_timessquare2017

As the clock strikes one minute before midnight on December 31st, all eyes will be on TOSHIBA VISION as it screens the 60-second light and sound countdown extravaganza. One billion viewers are expected to watch the countdown from all around the globe via television and online broadcast.

The countdown party itself will include live music performances by superstar celebrities, such as Mariah Carey, Thomas Rhett, DNCE and Rachel Platten. Also, Bill Nye "the Science Guy" will take to the stage to commemorate the 25^th anniversary of ExploraVision (http://www.exploravision.org/), an educational science and technology competition held in North America by Toshiba Corp. and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA).

During the day, TOSHIBA VISION will showcase international countdowns for major cities in different time zones as follows (all times in EST):  

10.00am: Tokyo, Japan
11.00am: Beijing, China / Singapore / Manila, Philippines
12.00pm: Jakarta, Indonesia / Hanoi, Vietnam / Bangkok, Thailand
1.00pm: Dhaka, Bangladesh
1.30pm: New Delhi, India
3.00pm: Dubai, UAE
4.00pm: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / Moscow, Russia
5.00pm: Cairo, Egypt / Athens, Greece / Istanbul, Turkey

The hourly countdown for New York will begin at 5.59pm.

Toshiba has been the sponsor for the New York Times Square's New Year's Eve celebrations since the 2010 countdown.

About Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and electrical product and systems into three focus business fields: Energy that sustains everyday life, that is cleaner and safer; Infrastructure that sustains quality of life; and Storage that sustains the advanced information society. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, "Committed to People, Committed to the Future", Toshiba promotes global operations and is contributing to the realization of a world where generations to come can live better lives.

Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today's Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of 551 consolidated companies employing 188,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 5.6 trillion yen (US$50 billion). (As of March 31, 2016.)

To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm

Related links:

TOSHIBA VISION -- New York New Year's Eve Countdown:
http://www.ad-toshiba.jp/sponsor/vision/countdown/2017

2017 New Year's Eve live broadcast
http://timessquareball.net/nye-webcast/

TOSHIBA VISION live streaming
http://www.livestream.com/toshibavision

Times Square official website
http://www.timessquarenyc.org/

Contact:
Michiaki Takada
Toshiba PR
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Telephone: +8180 4295 8635
Email: [email protected]

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