The is a joint venture set up by the Japanese public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) and several commercial television and radio networks under the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB) in 1984 to cover broadcasts of the Olympic Games (Summer and Winter), FIFA World Cup, and other major tournaments.
Participating media outlets
Television
Free-to-Air
NHK General TV (AK) Fuji TV (CX) Nippon TV (AX) TBS (RX) TV Asahi (EX) TV Tokyo (TX) UHF independent TV stations
Broadcast Satellite
NHK BS1
NHK BS Premium
BS Asahi
BS Fuji
BS TV Tokyo
BS Nittere
BS-TBS
Radio
AM
NHK Radio 1
NHK Radio 2
Nippon Broadcasting System (LF) Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (QR) TBS Radio (TBS)
FM
NHK FM Broadcast
InterFM
J-Wave (FMJ) Tokyo FM (TFM)
Shortwave
Radio Nikkei
Others
NOTTV (smartphones, 2012 Summer Olympics only) WOWOW (FIFA World Cup only)