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Native name | 讀賣テレビ放送株式会社 |
Romanized name | Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha |
Formerly | New Osaka Television Co. |
Company type | Private KK |
Industry | Media |
Founded | 13 February 1958 |
Headquarters | Osaka 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) |
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Website | www |
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City | Osaka |
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Branding | ytv |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System |
Ownership | |
Owner | Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation |
History | |
First air date | August 28, 1958 |
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) |
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Licensing authority | MIC |
ERP | 25 kW |
Links | |
Website | ytv.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.