NTV head resigns industry-body posts due to ratings scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichiro Ujiie (file photo), chairman of Nippon Television Network Corp. (NTV), on Oct. 27 stepped down from all his posts, including chairman emeritus of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan, which manages and enforces the television and radio broadcasting code among private broadcasters, following revelations that an NTV producer paid viewers to manipulate TV ratings.

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