Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corporation

Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corporation (abbreviated FYCSHD, or "FYCS") is a Japanese certified broadcasting holding company established on 1 April 2025. It was created through a management integration of four core Nippon Television Network (NNS) affiliate stations — Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (Kansai), Chukyo TV Broadcasting (Tokai), Fukuoka Broadcasting System (northern Kyushu) and Sapporo Television Broadcasting (Hokkaido) — which became its wholly owned subsidiaries. The company is headquartered on the 23rd floor of the Nippon TV Tower in Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and has stated capital of 100 million yen. The name FYCS is derived from the initials of the four stations arranged from west to east: Fukuoka, Yomiuri, Chukyo and Sapporo. The company describes itself as a new type of integration in which core stations of equal standing merged their management, rather than one station absorbing another. Its stated purpose is to combine the four stations' production strengths to create attractive content for terrestrial broadcasting and streaming, to strengthen the NNS network together with Nippon TV, and to pursue cross-regional content, cost efficiencies and new businesses. FYCSHD operates as a holding company: it supervises and operates the corporate group through ownership of shares. Its group companies are Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Chukyo TV Broadcasting and Sapporo Television Broadcasting. The company positions itself as a media group that transcends regional boundaries, connecting the regions of Hokkaido, Tokai, Kansai and northern Kyushu, and contributing to regional economies and culture while pursuing SDGs and network resilience. Leadership includes Representative Director and Chairman Kimio Maruyama and Representative Director and President Akira Ishizawa. The company has announced media-partner agreements and programming initiatives, including a media partnership agreement for the SV League All-Star Games and a special program hosted by timelesz.

Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corporation was established on 1 April 2025 as a certified broadcasting holding company under Japanese broadcasting law. It was formed through a management integration of four core Nippon Television Network (NNS) affiliate stations: Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (serving the Kansai region), Chukyo TV Broadcasting (serving the Tokai region), Fukuoka Broadcasting System (serving northern Kyushu) and Sapporo Television Broadcasting (serving Hokkaido). These four stations transferred their shares to the new holding company and became wholly owned subsidiaries. The integration was described by the company as a new approach in which core stations of equal standing merged their management, rather than one station acquiring or absorbing another. The abbreviation FYCS is derived from the initials of the four stations arranged from west to east: Fukuoka (F), Yomiuri (Y), Chukyo (C) and Sapporo (S). The company is headquartered on the 23rd floor of the Nippon TV Tower in Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and has stated capital of 100 million yen. According to the company's top message, the four stations had developed successfully for more than half a century since their respective launches and had earned top-level regional evaluations. However, they faced a challenging environment due to population decline, concentration of population in Tokyo, and media diversification. The management integration was intended to combine the four stations' accumulated strengths and create a structure for new challenges. The company's stated priorities include leveraging the four stations' production capabilities to create attractive content for terrestrial broadcasting and streaming, expanding from local to network and potentially overseas distribution, strengthening the network through enhanced terrestrial content and time-table reinforcement, contributing to regional economies and culture through collaborative information dissemination, and deepening cooperation in sales/marketing and technology for efficiency and new services. It has also identified cross-company projects: a programming and production project, a sales project, a technology and DX project (including joint ownership and use of broadcasting equipment and IP migration), a human resources/general affairs/accounting project, and a business project for strategic events and new ventures. The company positions itself as a member of NNS and aims to build a resilient network together with Nippon TV. Its corporate philosophy states that it will create "new interaction" through cooperation, collaboration and co-creation among the four FYCS stations and the holding company, create new value beyond the framework of conventional media using "the heartbeat of the region" as a creative driving force, and contribute to enriching lives and a diverse, sustainable future as a trusted media group. Its management vision is to unite FYCS's individuality and strengths to achieve sustainable growth amid rapid social change and technological innovation, to take on the world with diverse content that leverages regional characteristics, to remain an indispensable trusted media through accurate, prompt and fair information dissemination, and to respect fundamental human rights. The company's logo depicts a stylized Japanese archipelago colored with the symbol colors of the four core Nippon TV network stations, expressing cooperation and exchange, upward growth, and unity between the key station and each block. The company has announced media partnership agreements and programming, including a media partner agreement for the SV League All-Star Games and a special program hosted by timelesz.

• Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corporation established as a certified broadcasting holding company; Yomiuri TV, Chukyo TV, Fukuoka Broadcasting and Sapporo TV become wholly owned subsidiaries.

• Organizational chart dated 1 July 2025 published.

• Special program hosted by timelesz announced.

• Media partner agreement concluded for the SV League All-Star Games.

A new cross-regional media group formed by the equal-standing management integration of four core NNS stations, aiming to strengthen the network and create content beyond regional boundaries.

• Broadcasting holding company management

• Television broadcasting group operations

• Content production and distribution

• Media partnership agreements

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