Nippon Television

JOAX-DTV
	Logo used since 2013
Kantō region; Japan;
City	Tokyo
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF); Virtual: 4;
Branding	Nippon TV; NTV
Programming
Language(s)	Japanese
Affiliations	Nippon News Network (news); Nippon Television Network System (entertainment and so on)
Ownership
Owner	Nippon Television Network Corporation
Sister stations	BS Nittele; Nittele Plus; Nittele News24; Nittele G+
History
First air date	August 28, 1953
Former call signs	JOAX-TV (1953–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF; 1953–2011)
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
ERP	10 kW (68 kW ERP)
Transmitter coordinates	35°39′31″N 139°44′44″E / 35.65861°N 139.74556°E
Translator(s)	Mito, Ibaraki; Analog: Channel 42; Digital: Channel 14; Hitachi, Ibaraki; Analog: Channel 54; Utsunomiya, Tochigi; Analog: Channel 53; Digital: Channel 34; Nikkō, Tochigi; Analog: Channel 54; Maebashi, Gunma; Analog: Channel 54; Digital: Channel 33; Kiryū, Gunma; Analog: Channel 53; Numata, Gunma; Analog: Channel 53; Hiratsuka, Kanagawa; Analog: Channel 35; Digital: Channel 25
Links
Website	ntv.co.jp
Corporate information
	Company
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
Industry	Media;
Founded	April 26, 2012; (as Nippon Television Network Prepatory Corporation)
Headquarters	6-1, Higashi-Shimbashi Itchome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan, United States, Western Europe, East Asia
Key people	Yoshikuni Sugiyama (president and COO); Hiroyuki Fukuda (chairman and CEO)
Number of employees	1,193 (as of April 1, 2013)
Parent	Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.
Subsidiaries	NTV Group Planning; Nippon Television International Corporation; Nippon Television Network Europe B.V.; Forecast Communications; HJ Holdings; Madhouse (95%, with Sony Pictures Japan); Studio Ghibli (42.3%);
Website	www.ntv.co.jp/english/

Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.
	Headquarters in Shiodome, Minato, Tokyo
Native name	日本テレビホールディングス株式会社
Romanized name	Nihon Terebi Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly	Nippon Television Network Corporation (1952-2012)
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 9404
ISIN	JP3732200005
Industry	Media;
Founded	October 28, 1952
Founder	Matsutaro Shoriki
Headquarters	6-1, Higashi-Shimbashi Itchome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan, Asia, United States, Western Europe
Key people	Yoshikuni Sugiyama; (Chairman and CEO); Hiroyuki Fukuda; (President and COO)
Services	Broadcast television and radio;
Revenue	¥326,423 million (FY2012); ¥305,460 million (FY2011);
Operating income	¥35,429 million (FY2012); ¥32,249 million (FY2011);
Net income	¥25,284 million (FY2012); ¥22,729 million (FY2011);
Total assets	¥598,075 million (FY2012); ¥543,228 million (FY2011);
Total equity	¥488,120 million (FY2012); ¥446,038 million (FY2011);
Owner	The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (14.45%); YTV (6.57%); Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo (6.11%); Other shareholders:; Teikyo University (3.66%); NTT Docomo (2.98%); Recruit Holdings (2.47%); Yomiuri Land (2.00%); Chūkyō Television Broadcasting (2.00%); Investment accounts (4.3% total);
Number of employees	3,259 (as of March 31, 2013, consolidated)
Subsidiaries	Nippon Television Network Corporation; AX-ON Inc.; BS Nippon Corporation; CS Nippon Corporation; Nippon Television-News 24 Corporation; VAP; NTV Events; Nippon Television Music Corporation; Nippon Television Art; NTV Technical Resources; RF Radio Nippon Co. Ltd.; ClaN Entertainment; Tatsunoko Production (55.2%); Hulu;
Website	ntvhd.co.jp

JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as Nippon Television (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the Nippon Television Network Corporation, a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.

Nippon Television'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, these two networks cover the whole of Japan. Nippon Television is one of the ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo'' and is the first commercial broadcaster in Asia.

Nippon Television Holdings is partially owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (which owns 14.45% of the company's shares), Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony. It forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.57% share in the company. It is also the owner of Hulu Japan, formerly part of the US-based Hulu streaming service and the company has shares in animation studios Madhouse, Tatsunoko Production and Studio Ghibli as well as a share in the film studio Nikkatsu.