Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

JOIX-DTV, branded as Yomiuri TV (読売テレビ, Yomiuri Terebi, YTV (stylized as ytv°)), is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (讀賣テレビ放送株式会社, Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha) subsidiary of 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 TV, 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.

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
ytv
Native name
讀賣テレビ放送株式会社
Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha
Private KK
Industryinformation, communication
FoundedHigashi-Temma, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan (13 February 1958 (1958-02-13), as "New Osaka Television Co.")
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
  • Telecasting
  • Planning
  • Production and sales of TV programs
Owner
Subsidiaries
  • Yomiuri-TV Enterprize Ltd
  • Yomiuri TV Service, Inc.
  • ytv Nextry Co., Ltd.
  • ADEC Co., Ltd.
  • Sentens Co., Ltd.
  • Digital Wave Corporation
Websitewww.ytv.co.jp/english/
JOIX-DTV
Osaka, Kansai region
Japan
Brandingytv
SloganGO! GO! Happiness
and GO! GO! 10ch (referring to virtual channel 10)
ChannelsDigital: 14 (UHF, 2003-, LCN: 10)
AffiliationsNippon Television Network System and Nippon News Network
OwnerYomiuri Telecastiong Corporation
FoundedFebruary 13, 1958
First air dateAugust 28, 1958
Call sign meaningJapan
Osaka
Ikoma
X (10, official channel assignment)
Former call signsJOIX-TV
Former channel number(s)Analog:
10 (VHF, 1958-2011)
Transmitter power25 kW
Licensing authorityMIC
Websiteytv.co.jp

Broadcasting

The station broadcasts on Digital Channel 14 in most regions. The channel stopped analog broadcasting on July 24, 2011.

Offices
  • Headquarters: 3-50, Shiromi Icchome, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan (relocated on September 1, 2019)
  • Tokyo Branch Office: 20th floor, NTV Tower, 6-1, Higashi-Shimbashi Itchome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
  • Nagoya Branch Office: 3rd floor, Shin-Kyoei Building, 7-9, Sakae Sanchome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan
  • Kyoto Branch Office: 5th floor, Yomiuri Kyoto Building, Shishikannon-cho, Karasuma-dori Rokkaku-Sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  • Kobe Branch Office: 4th floor, 2-10, Sakaemachi-dori Itchome, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan
  • Paris Branch Office: NNN Paris, Tour Maine Montparnasse, 33 Avenue De Maine, Paris, France
  • Shanghai Branch Office: 580 Nanjing West Road 902B, Subsidiary Building of Nan Zheng Building, Shanghai, China
  • New York Branch Office: NNN New York, 645 5th Avenue Suite 303, New York, NY, United States
  • the Headquarters of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (since September 1, 2019)
  • the Former Headquarters of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (January 2008)
  • the Former Headquarters of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (October 15, 1989)

See also

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

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