Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
ytv
Native name
讀賣テレビ放送株式会社
Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha
FormerlyNew Osaka Television Co.
Company typePrivate KK
IndustryMedia
Founded13 February 1958; 66 years ago (1958-02-13)
HeadquartersOsaka Business Park,
Shiromi, Chūō-ku, Osaka
,
Japan
Number of locations
8 (5 in Japan, 1 in Paris, New York and Shanghai)
Area served
Kansai region, Japan
Key people
Yoshmitsu Ohashi (President)
Services
Owner
Subsidiaries
  • YTE
  • Yomiuri TV Service, Inc.
  • ytv Nextry Co., Ltd.
  • ADEC Co., Ltd.
  • Sentens Co., Ltd.
  • Digital Wave Corporation
Websitewww.ytv.co.jp/corp/info/company/english/
JOIX-DTV
CityOsaka
Channels
Brandingytv
Programming
AffiliationsNippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System
Ownership
OwnerYomiuri Telecasting Corporation
History
First air date
August 28, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-08-28)
Former call signs
JOIX-TV (1958–2011)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
10 (VHF, 1958–2011)
Call sign meaning
Japan
Osaka
Ikoma
X (10, official channel assignment)
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC
ERP25 kW
Links
Websiteytv.co.jp

JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as Yomiuri TV (読売テレビ, Yomiuri Terebi, YTV (stylized as ytv°)), is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (讀賣テレビ放送株式会社, Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha), itself partially controlled by the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate; Yomiuri TV forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kantō region flagship Nippon Television, which owns a 15.89% share in the company. Founded as New Osaka Television Co.[1] on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka.

  1. ^ 新大阪テレビ放送株式会社, Shin Ōsaka Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha, NOTV