JOBH-DTV (channel 7), branded as , is a Japanese television station serving as the affiliate of the TX Network for the Osaka prefecture. Owned-and-operated by , the station's headquarters and studios are in the Chūō-ku ward of Osaka. Nikkei, Inc. is the biggest shareholder of TVO. The mascot character is "Takoru-kun" (たこるくん).
Television Osaka, Inc. was founded in 1981 as part of the reorganization of Tokyo Channel 12 Ltd (now TV Tokyo). On March 1 the following year, TV Osaka started broadcasting as the first affiliate of the "Mega TON Network" (メガTONネットワーク, now TX Network) outside of Tokyo.
History
thumb|Nikkei, whose Osaka head office was located near TV Osaka's studios via a walkway (now demolished), owns 19.9% of the shares in the station.
thumb|Former Headquarters of TV Osaka in Chuo-ku, Osaka in 2006.
In November 1978, then-governor of Osaka Prefecture Ryōichi Kuroda and local businessmen launched the "Committee for the Establishment of a New Television Station in the Osaka Area", to request the creation of a new regional television station for the Kansai region at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. However, due to the strong opposition of the four existing regional television stations, the conditions of the license changed from covering the whole area to just Osaka Prefecture.
In 2005, TVO bought the Otemae Central Building, adjacent to its headquarters, and planned its remodelling. In 2022, it introduced a new logo. On May 13, 2024, the channel began broadcasting from its new headquarters.
Programming
TVO mainly produces programs related to the business scene. At launch, it aired Kansai Business Frontline (関西ビジネス最前線), the first large-scale business program on local television. In 2005, it became responsible for TXN's Shanghai office, while also dispatching reporters to New York. In 1997, it produced the special drama The Rice General: The Man Who Challenged Yoshimune, starring Kataoka Tsurutaro and Enoki Takaaki. In 1989, the channel aired MotoGP, for a period of ten years.