Nippon News Network (NNN) is a Japanese commercial
television network
A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers. Until the mid ...
owned by
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed ...
, which itself is controlled by the ''
Yomiuri Shimbun
The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are ...
'' newspaper. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and news exchange between the stations.
NNN also operates
NTV News24, a 24-hour
news channel
News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or tele ...
available on subscription television platforms and also aired on select NNN affiliates during overnights.
Distribution of non-news television programmes is handled by
Nippon Television Network System
Nippon Television Network System (; NNS) is a Japanese television network
A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides prog ...
(NNS), another network set up by NTV.
Stations
Bold indicates founding members of Nippon News Network
Former stations
Bold indicates former primary affiliate
References
External links
Nippon TV NEWS 24English-language news
{{Japan television networks
24-hour television news channels in Japan
Television channels and stations established in 1966