All-Nippon News Network

Japanese television network All-Nippon News NetworkTypeBroadcast television networkCountryJapanOwnerTV Asahi CorporationKey peopleMasao KimiwadaLaunch date1 January 1970WebcastOfficial YouTube chJapaNews24Official websitetv-asahi.co.jp/ann Old ANN logo (until September 2003) LCN assignments of ANN affiliates All-Nippon News Network (ANN; Japanese: オールニッポンニュース・ネットワーク, romanized: Ōrunippon Nyūsu Nettowāku) is a Japanese commercial television network run by TV Asahi Corporation (TV Asahi) in Tokyo, a subsidiary of the TV Asahi Holdings Corporation, which is controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Company. The network's responsibilities include the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and the news exchange between the stations. Its affiliate stations also broadcast non-news programs originating from TV Asahi. Founded on 1 January 1970, and formalised on 1 April 1974, ANN is made up of 26 affiliates, including two stations that are double- or triple-affiliated with rival networks. Between 1989 and 2013, it also operated the 24-hour satellite and cable news channel Asahi Newstar. List of affiliates Stations are liste