Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

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Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation

Native name	朝日放送グループホールディングス株式会社
Romanized name	Asahi Hōsō Gurūpu Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha
Formerly	Asahi Broadcasting Company Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (1951–2018)
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 9405
Industry	Media
Founded	15 December 1949; 74 years ago (1949-12-15)
Headquarters	1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan
Number of locations	5 (3 in Japan, 1 in Paris, 1 in Shanghai)
Area served	Kansai, Japan
Key people	Susumu Okinaka (President)
Services	Television and radio broadcasting
Revenue	¥78,162 million (2012) ¥76,691 million (2011)
Operating income	¥4,406 million (2012) ¥3,605 million (2011)
Net income	¥574 million (2012) ¥2,438 million (2011)
Total assets	¥94,621 million (2012) ¥93,139 million (2011)
Total equity	¥56,898 million (2012) ¥56,273 million (2011)
Owner	The Asahi Shimbun Company (14.88%) TV Asahi Holdings Corporation (9.26%) Murayama family (founding family of The Asahi Shimbun) (7%)
Number of employees	670 (March 31, 2011)
Parent	The Asahi Shimbun Company
Subsidiaries	Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation Asahi Radio Broadcasting Corporation ABC Media Communications sky A, Inc. ABC Development Corporation i-nex+ ABC Livra Co.ltd. ABC Golf Club Kagami Co., ltd. ABC Animation DLE Silver Link
Website	corp.asahi.co.jp
Footnotes / references Data from its Corporate Profile & Group Companies

The Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation (朝日放送グループホールディングス株式会社, Asahi Hōsō Gurūpu Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha, ABC) is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions were spun off into two subsidiaries, with Asahi Radio Broadcasting Corporation^[a] taking over the radio broadcasting business, and Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation^[b] took over television broadcasting.
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