Nippon Television Network System
Nippon Television Network System (NNS; Japanese: 日本テレビネットワーク協議会, romanized: Nihon Terebi Nettowāku Kyōgikai) is a Japanese television network organized by Nippon Television (NTV), which is itself controlled by The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings. 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, another network set up by NTV.
Overview
NNS was created on June 14, 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.