Terrestrial Television
In Japan, there are six nationwide television networks, as follows:
| Name | Key stationsa (Kantō) |
Sub-Key stationsb (Kansai) |
Flagship stations (Chūkyō) |
Nationwide satellite service | Launch | Owner and affiliation |
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| Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) |
NHK Broadcasting Center
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NHK Osaka
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NHK Nagoya
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1950 | Public broadcasting NHK deliberately maintains neutral reportings as a public broadcast station, to the point of even refusing to mention commodity brand names. |
| Nippon News Network (NNN) |
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1952 | Nippon Television Network Corporation Affiliated with the Yomiuri Shimbun. |
| Japan News Network (JNN) |
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1955 | Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. Affiliated with the Mainichi Shimbun. |
| Fuji News Network (FNN) |
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1959 | Fuji Media Holdings, Inc. Affiliated with the Sankei Shimbun. |
| All-Nippon News Network (ANN) |
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1959 | TV Asahi Corporation Affiliated with the Asahi Shimbun. |
| TV Tokyo Network / TX Network (TXN) |
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1964 | TV Tokyo Corporation Has ties with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei). |
In addition to networks above, commercial stations not affiliated with the above form a non-strict network called the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS). Apart from them, the Open University of Japan broadcasts to the whole Kanto region with programmes—mostly in-house productions.
Read more about this topic: Japanese Television Programmes
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