Television Oita System

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Television Oita System Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社テレビ大分
Company type	Business corporation
Industry	Television network
Founded	February 25, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-02-25)
Headquarters	Oita, Japan
Website	https://www.tostv.jp/

Television Oita System Co., Ltd. (株式会社テレビ大分, Kabushiki-gaisha Terebi Oita, TOS) is a regional television broadcaster headquartered in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan that serves Ōita Prefecture as an affiliate of the Nippon News Network/Nippon Television Network System and Fuji News Network/Fuji Network System.^[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 NNN/NNS, FNN/FNS and ANN. But due to the launch of Oita Asahi Broadcasting in 1993, the station became a dual NNN/NNS and FNN/FNS affiliate.^[4][5] Kansai Television 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 Yuwaku wide&News (ゆ〜わくワイド&News). ^[9]: 481 On April 1, 2017, TOS signed a partnership agreement with Oita cable telecom (the biggest cable TV provider in Oita prefecture. ^[10]

• Official website (in Japanese)