Nippon TV
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Nippon Television Network Corporation[lower-alpha 1], also known as Nippon TV[lower-alpha 2], with the call sign JOAX-DTV, is a Japanese commercial broadcast television network. It is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.[lower-alpha 3] and also the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System.
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Native name | 日本テレビホールディングス株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nihon Terebi Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha |
Company type | Public KK |
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ISIN | JP3732200005 |
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Founded | Tokyo, Japan (October 28, 1952; 71 years ago (1952-10-28)) |
Founder | Matsutaro Shoriki |
Headquarters | 6-1, Higashi-Shimbashi Itchome, Minato, Tokyo , Japan |
Area served | Japan, Asia, United States, Western Europe |
Key people | Yoshikuni Sugiyama [jp] (Chairman) Akira Ishizawa [jp][1] (President and CEO) |
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Owner | Yomiuri Group |
Number of employees | 3,259 (as of March 31, 2013, consolidated) |
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Website | ntvhd.co.jp |
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City | Tokyo |
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Branding | Nippon TV NTV |
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Affiliations | Nippon News Network (news) Nippon Television Network System (non-news) |
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Owner | Nippon Television Network Corporation |
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Founded | October 28, 1952 (1952-10-28) |
First air date | August 28, 1953; 70 years ago (1953-08-28) |
Former call signs | JOAX-TV (1953-2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 4 (VHF) (1953-2011) |
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Licensing authority | MIC |
ERP | 10 kW (68 kW ERP) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°39′31″N 139°44′44″E |
Translator(s) | Mito, Ibaraki Analog: Channel 42 Digital: Channel 14 Hitachi, Ibaraki Analog: Channel 35 Digital: Channel 25 |
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Website | https://www.ntv.co.jp Nippon TV TVer official livestream (Japan only) |
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Native name | 日本テレビ放送網株式会社 |
Romanized name | Nihon Terebi Hōsōmō Kabushiki-gaisha |
Company type | Subsidiary KK |
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Founded | Tokyo, Japan (April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26)) Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation |
Headquarters | 6-1, Higashi-Shimbashi Itchome, Minato, Tokyo , Japan |
Area served | Japan, United States, Western Europe, East Asia |
Number of employees | 1,193 (as of April 1, 2013) |
Parent | Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. |
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Website | www |
Nippon TV's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan. It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for news programs) and NNS (for non-news programs). Except for Okinawa Prefecture,[lower-alpha 4] these two networks cover the whole of Japan. Nippon TV is one of the ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo''.
Nippon Television Holdings is listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony.[lower-alpha 5] It's forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company.[lower-alpha 6] It is also the owner of Hulu Japan, formerly part of the US-based Hulu streaming service.