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 24

English-language news
{{Japan television networks 24-hour television news channels in Japan Television channels and stations established in 1966