Television Oita System Co., Ltd. 株式会社テレビ大分 | |
Type: | Business corporation |
Location: | Oita, Japan |
Industry: | Television network |
Website: | https://www.tostv.jp/ |
Callsign: | JOOI-DTV |
Location: | Ōita Prefecture, Japan |
City: | Ōita |
Branding: | TOS |
Digital: | 34 (UHF) |
Virtual: | 4 |
Affiliations: | Fuji News Network/Fuji Network System Nippon News Network/Nippon Television Network System |
Owner: | Television Oita System Co., Ltd. |
Callsign Meaning: | Oita |
Former Callsigns: | JOOI-TV (1970–2011) |
Former Channel Numbers: | Analog: 36 (UHF, 1970–2011) |
Licensing Authority: | MIC |
is a regional television broadcaster headquartered in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan that serves Ōita Prefecture.[1]
TOS is the second commercial television station in Ōita Prefecture. It was founded in 1969, and started on air on April 1, 1970. [2] [3] When it was founded, TOS was affiliated with FNN, NNN and ANN. But now it affiliated with FNN and NNN. [4] [5] Kansai Telecasting Corporation and Yomiuri Shimbun are the main shareholders of TOS. [6]
TOS started broadcasting digital terrestrial television on December 1, 2006. [7] [8] Since 2014, TOS started to produce and broadcast its local news program . [9] On April 1, 2017, TOS signed a partnership agreement with Oita cable telecom (the biggest cable TV provider in Oita prefecture. [10]