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Its members sell to, buy from, and co-produce programs with other members. While a few of them, namely Tokyo MX, TVK and Sun TV and sell more than the others, it does not mean the former control the others in programming. It forms a loose network without exclusivity. They form permanent and ad hoc subgroups for production and sales of advertising opportunity.[2]
The name of the group is provisional. The Japanese documents for the association refer to the acronym JAITS but the fully spelled English name has not been disclosed yet.
The group's Japanese name has the term UHF because all of the member stations broadcast on the UHF band in analog, in contrast to major networks that primarily broadcast on the VHF band in analog. All the Japanese terrestrial television stations switched to UHF digital when all analog television transmissions (both VHF and UHF) were shut down between July 24, 2011, and March 31, 2012.
In the strict (North American) definition of "not affiliated with any networks", the only independent terrestrial television station in Japan would be The Open University of Japan, which produces almost all its programs in-house. In addition, most of the JAITS independent stations have investments from the Chunichi Shimbun Co.
The JAITS and the Japanese public take "Independent UHF Station" (独立U(HF)局, dokuritsu Yū(-eichi-efu) kyoku) for not being members of large networks, in which the Tokyo's stations almost control other members' programming. Those networks are also affiliated with large national newspapers. On the other hands, the JAITS stations are often affiliated with prefectural or metropolitan newspapers and prefectural governments, whose degree of influence may vary.
MTV, GBS, BBC, TVN, and WTV broadcast a lot of TV Tokyo's programs.
Here is the description of characters of the independent commercial terrestrial television stations in Japan. Currently all such stations are members of the JAITS.
Market
Their areas of coverage are located in Kantō, Chūkyō and Kansai regions which are the most urbanised in Japan. Their reachable population is large. If the population was too small they could not have number of viewers and sponsorship to sustain the station. However their coverage are within major network stations' official coverage, except TXN network members TV Osaka's, TV Aichi's and TV Setouchi's which are adjacent to. Multi-channel cable television may cover significant parts of the areas. Externally sourced popular contents are often too expensive to buy therefore they are very difficult to beat major networks in viewing rates.
Programming
Compared with the major networks, the independent stations have a relatively smaller audience, but have a more flexible schedule due to their decentralized nature.
Short-running anime productions (as little as one episode) are often broadcast by the independent stations, a concept which has been referred to as "UHF anime". They also sometimes run shopping programming, along with brokered programming such as infomercials and televangelism. In 2000, All Japan Pro Wrestling moved to JAITS affiliates after it ended its run on Nippon TV.
^NHK年鑑 1978年版 [NHK Yearbook 1978 Edition] (in Japanese). NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). 1978. OCLC 673870022.
^Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya Intermetropolitan Network (東・名・阪ネット6, Tō•Mei•Han Netto 6) 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
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This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese December 2009 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Japanese article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 3 254 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at ja 全国独立放送協議会 see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated ja 全国独立放送協議会 to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations a JAITS is a group of Japan s reception fee free commercial terrestrial television stations which are not members of the major national television networks The association was established on November 4 1977 1 30 Its members sell to buy from and co produce programs with other members While a few of them namely Tokyo MX TVK and Sun TV and sell more than the others it does not mean the former control the others in programming It forms a loose network without exclusivity They form permanent and ad hoc subgroups for production and sales of advertising opportunity 2 Contents 1 Name 2 Independent UHF stations 3 Characteristics of the independent stations 3 1 Degree of independence 3 2 Market 3 3 Programming 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesName EditThe name of the group is provisional The Japanese documents for the association refer to the acronym JAITS but the fully spelled English name has not been disclosed yet The group s Japanese name has the term UHF because all of the member stations broadcast on the UHF band in analog in contrast to major networks that primarily broadcast on the VHF band in analog All the Japanese terrestrial television stations switched to UHF digital when all analog television transmissions both VHF and UHF were shut down between July 24 2011 and March 31 2012 Independent UHF stations Edit Digital channel assignments for JAITS affiliates Station abbreviation Station Call sign Broadcast areas Prefectures tvk TV Kanagawa テレビ神奈川 JOKM DTV KanagawaMX TOKYO MX 東京MX JOMX DTV TokyoSUN Sun TV サンテレビ JOUH DTV HyogoKBS KBS Kyoto KBS京都 JOBR DTV KyotoTVS Teletama TV Saitama テレ玉 テレビ埼玉 JOUS DTV SaitamaCTC Chiba TV チバテレビ JOCL DTV ChibaGBS Gifu Hoso 岐阜放送 JOZF DTV GifuGTV ja Gunma TV GunTele 群馬テレビ 群テレ JOML DTV GunmaMTV ja Mie TV 三重テレビ JOMH DTV MieTVN Nara TV 奈良テレビ JONM DTV NaraBBC Biwako Hoso びわ湖放送 JOBL DTV ShigaGYT ja Tochigi TV とちぎテレビ JOGY DTV TochigiWTV ja TV Wakayama テレビ和歌山 JOOM DTV WakayamaCharacteristics of the independent stations EditDegree of independence Edit In the strict North American definition of not affiliated with any networks the only independent terrestrial television station in Japan would be The Open University of Japan which produces almost all its programs in house In addition most of the JAITS independent stations have investments from the Chunichi Shimbun Co The JAITS and the Japanese public take Independent UHF Station 独立U HF 局 dokuritsu Yu eichi efu kyoku for not being members of large networks in which the Tokyo s stations almost control other members programming Those networks are also affiliated with large national newspapers On the other hands the JAITS stations are often affiliated with prefectural or metropolitan newspapers and prefectural governments whose degree of influence may vary MTV GBS BBC TVN and WTV broadcast a lot of TV Tokyo s programs Here is the description of characters of the independent commercial terrestrial television stations in Japan Currently all such stations are members of the JAITS Market Edit Their areas of coverage are located in Kantō Chukyō and Kansai regions which are the most urbanised in Japan Their reachable population is large If the population was too small they could not have number of viewers and sponsorship to sustain the station However their coverage are within major network stations official coverage except TXN network members TV Osaka s TV Aichi s and TV Setouchi s which are adjacent to Multi channel cable television may cover significant parts of the areas Externally sourced popular contents are often too expensive to buy therefore they are very difficult to beat major networks in viewing rates Programming Edit Compared with the major networks the independent stations have a relatively smaller audience but have a more flexible schedule due to their decentralized nature Short running anime productions as little as one episode are often broadcast by the independent stations a concept which has been referred to as UHF anime They also sometimes run shopping programming along with brokered programming such as infomercials and televangelism In 2000 All Japan Pro Wrestling moved to JAITS affiliates after it ended its run on Nippon TV See also EditIndependent station North America TV Azteca Grupo Imagen Grupo Multimedios Independent station other parts of the world Notes Edit Japanese 全国独立放送協議会 Hepburn Zenkoku Dokuritsu Hōsō Kyōgi kai lit National Independent Broadcasting Forum References Edit NHK年鑑 1978年版 NHK Yearbook 1978 Edition in Japanese NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation 1978 OCLC 673870022 Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Intermetropolitan Network 東 名 阪ネット6 Tō Mei Han Netto 6 Archived 2007 06 30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia 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