Mainichi Broadcasting System

34°42′30.32″N 135°29′59.54″E / 34.7084222°N 135.4998722°E / 34.7084222; 135.4998722 (Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.)

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Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.

Native name	株式会社毎日放送
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Media
Founded	Osaka, Japan (December 27, 1950 (1950-12-27), New Japan Broadcasting Co.)
Headquarters	Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka , Japan
Number of locations	8 offices in Japan, 1 in Shanghai, China
Area served	Kansai region, Japan
Key people	Kazutomo Kawauchi (President)
Services	Broadcast television and radio
Revenue	¥63,165,224 thousand (2012) ¥61,160,117 thousand (2011)
Operating income	¥3,331,635 thousand (2012) ¥2,961,176 thousand (2011)
Net income	¥2,190,814 thousand (2012) ¥1,908,886 thousand (2011)
Total assets	¥100,919,765 thousand (2012) ¥96,316,971 thousand (2011)
Total equity	¥84,310,568 thousand (2012) ¥81,033,091 thousand (2011)
Owner	As per 31 March 2016 Sony (15.87) Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings (9.75%) Resona Bank (4.42%) MUFG Bank (4.42%) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (4.42%) NEC (3.56%) Obayashi Corporation (3.19%) Nippon Life (2.94%) Dai-ichi Life (2.82% managed by the Trust & Custody Services Bank) Dentsu (2.46%)
Number of employees	650 (non-consolidated, June 2012)
Parent	MBS Media Holdings Inc.
Subsidiaries	MBS TV MBS Radio Broadcasting Movies Production Co., Ltd. MBS Planning Corporation GAORA Inc. MYRICA CO., Ltd. Myrica Music
Website	www.mbs.jp/sp//

Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (株式会社毎日放送, Kabushiki-gaisha Mainichi Hōsō, Mainichi Broadcasting System Stock-Company), or MBS, is a radio and television broadcasting company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN), Japan News Network (JNN) and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region.

It is a parent company of a television station named MBS TV (MBSテレビ) and a radio station named MBS Radio (MBSラジオ). MBS is also one of the major stockholders of TBS Holdings, BS-TBS, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, i-Television, TV-U Fukushima, Hiroshima Home Television, WOWOW., and FM802.