Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Logo used since 2007 | |
Headquarters in Osaka Business Park | |
| ytv | |
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 | Subsidiary KK |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 13 February 1958 |
| Headquarters | Osaka Business Park, Shiromi, , 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 | Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings |
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| Website | www |
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| City | Osaka |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Yomiuri TV ytv |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| 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) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | MIC |
| ERP | 25 kW |
| Links | |
| Website | ytv |
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 a subsidiary of Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings. FYCS is partially controlled by the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate and forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Nippon Television Holdings, the owners of Kantō region flagship Nippon Television, which owns a 20% share in the company. Founded as New Osaka Television Co. 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. It also claims the highest viewing ratings in the Kansai region as of 2024.