Nippon Television Network System (NNS; ) is a Japanese

television network A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television show, television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or ...

organized by

Nippon Television JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (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 , a sub ...

(NTV), which is itself controlled by

The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings is a Japanese media conglomerate, and the holding company of the ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. Overview On July 1, 2002, Yomiuri Shimbun was divided into two companies: the holding company Yomiuri Shimbun, and the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters, ...

. NTV feeds entertainment and other non-news programming over NNS to 29 affiliated stations. Distribution of national television news bulletins is handled by

Nippon News Network Nippon News Network (NNN) is a Japanese commercial television network owned by Nippon TV, Nippon Television (NTV), which itself is controlled by The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national te ...

, another network set up by NTV.

Overview

NNS was created on 14 June 1972, three years after the Fuji Network System. All of the NNN-affiliated stations, excluding TV Miyazaki, are members. Eight of its stations (STV, SDT, MMT, CTV, YTV, HTV, FBS, NIB, KKT) are equity-method affiliates of the parent station NTV.

List of affiliates

References

External links

Nippon TV
Television networks in Japan Television channels and stations established in 1972 Nippon Television {{Japan-tv-station-stub