Chairman’s Message

To Our Shareholders

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude for your continued support for the TV Asahi Group (TV Asahi Holdings Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries).

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (hereinafter FY26/3), we recorded significant increases in both sales and profits. Net sales increased by 4.8% year on year to ¥339.4 billion, while operating profit increased by 32.9% year on year to ¥26.1 billion, ordinary profit by 28.2% to ¥36.5 billion, and profit attributable to owners of parent by 14.9% to ¥29.6 billion. Net sales and each level of profit reached the highest level since the company went public.

This performance was driven by our strong viewer ratings resulting from our continued efforts to strengthen our content, which is the source of our Group’s value. In annual 2025, for the second consecutive year, we achieved the triple crown (top position) in our terrestrial broadcast’s Individual All viewer ratings with 3.5% for All Day (6 am - midnight), 5.2% for Golden Time (7 pm - 10 pm), and 5.2% for Prime Time (7 pm - 11 pm). We achieved the same feat in FY26/3, also for the second consecutive year, in Individual All viewer ratings with 3.4% for All Day, 5.2% for Golden Time, and 5.2% for Prime Time. Moreover, BS Asahi also achieved the triple crown for both annual and fiscal year viewer ratings.

In addition to our core TV Broadcasting Business, we focused on expanding our growth businesses. The internet business performed strongly as a result of our diverse range of services. These include ABEMA, an internet TV station; TELASA, a subscription-based video-on-demand service that continues to grow steadily as subscriber numbers increase; TVer, a free-of-charge ad-supported streaming service; owned media (such as our official YouTube channel ANNnewsCH ); and UltraImpression, which operates a video advertising platform.

The new entertainment complex, TOKYO DREAM PARK (TDP), opened on March 27, 2026. Featuring SGC HALL ARIAKE (a multi-purpose hall), which has a maximum capacity of 5,000 persons, EX THEATER ARIAKE, which seats 1,500 persons, and various event spaces, we will generate new excitement and foster innovation at this facility.

April 2026 marked the start of our management plan “START UP TV Asahi Management Plan 2026-2029.” The slogan “START UP TV Asahi” is an expression of our determination not to rest on our achievements but to deliver groundbreaking growth through new challenges. In the new management plan, we aim to achieve significant growth in the next four years up to FY30/3, which is the 70th anniversary of TV Asahi’s establishment, driven by the dual axes of TV Asahi’s content creation capabilities and our new base, TOKYO DREAM PARK. Holding fast to our “content first” policy, we will capture the leading position in IP development and events and roll out highly compelling content and IP globally. We have identified five key strategies, namely “TDP,” “IP,” “ABEMA,” “CVC,” and “AI” as our specific growth strategies. In the “IP” strategy, we will develop and produce large quantities of compelling content and IP, with a particular focus on anime development. For “ABEMA,” celebrating a decade since its launch, we will strengthen our mutual complementarity of content and further enhance collaborations such as data platform integration. With “CVC,” the two-party partnership formed in July 2025, we will promote innovation by investing in startups to accelerate growth of our existing businesses and explore new domains. In addition, we will pursue M&A opportunities utilizing our ¥100 billion growth investment allocation. The “AI” strategy will underpin our growth strategy, and we will advance the use of AI and concentrate management resources created through operational efficiency improvements into creative domains. We will also pursue the use of AI for business development.

While the expansion of internet advertising and other factors are making our business environment more demanding, the value of content and IP created and owned by the Group is increasing as opportunities for content distribution continue to expand. We will execute the initiatives laid out in our management plan and work to improve capital efficiency and enhance corporate value, to meet the expectations of our shareholders.