Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Headquarters in Osaka Business Park
Trade name	ytv
Native name	讀賣テレビ放送株式会社
Romanized name	Yomiuri Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Private KK
Industry	information, communication
Founded	Higashi-Temma, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan (13 February 1958 (1958-02-13), as "New Osaka Television Co.")
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)
Services	Telecasting Planning Production and sales of TV programs
Owner	The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (20.56%) Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. (15.89%)
Subsidiaries	Yomiuri-TV Enterprize Ltd Yomiuri TV Service, Inc. ytv Nextry Co., Ltd. ADEC Co., Ltd. Sentens Co., Ltd. Digital Wave Corporation
Website	www.ytv.co.jp/english/

JOIX-DTV

Osaka, Kansai region Japan
Channels	Digital: 14 (UHF, 2003-, LCN: 10)
Branding	ytv
Programming
Affiliations	Nippon Television Network System and Nippon News Network
Ownership
Owner	Yomiuri Telecastiong Corporation
History
Founded	February 13, 1958
First air date	August 28, 1958
Former call signs	JOIX-TV
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.co.jp

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. 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.

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

• Television in Japan

External links

• Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation corporate website (in English)
• Official website of ytv (in Japanese)