Nippon Television Holdings

Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company consists of Nippon Television, Japan's first commercial broadcaster and one of the country's main five television broadcasters as well as record label VAP, radio station RF Radio Nippon, HJ Holdings among others. NTV also runs the dual Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System, which consists of NTV themselves alongside a total of 30 television stations across Japan. The company also has shares in animation studios Tatsunoko Production, Madhouse & Studio Ghibli and film studio Nikkatsu. The company is partially controlled by The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate and second largest behind Sony, owning 14.45% of the company's shares. Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation also holds a 6.57% share in NTVHD and both broadcasters make up the television branch of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group of companies.

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