Cable Networks Akita

{{Short description|Japanese cable provider}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Cable Networks Akita

| logo = CNA2.png

| image=Headquarters of the Cable Networks Akita 20190815.jpg

| type = Kabushiki gaisha

| foundation = 1985

| location_city = Akita

| location_country = Japan

| location =

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| key_people = Ryuichi Matsuura

| area_served = cable network operator

| industry = Telecommunications

| products = Cable-TV, Internet and Telephone Services via broadband

| services =

| revenue = JPY 3,444 million

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| num_employees = 102

| parent = Noritsu

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| homepage = http://www.cna.ne.jp/

| dissolved =

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}}

Cable Networks Akita, also known as CNA and in Japanese as Akita Cable Television (秋田ケーブルテレビ), is a cable provider in Japan with 46,418 connected households as of February 27, 2017. The company was established in June 1985{{cite web |last=CNA |first= |url=http://www.cna.ne.jp/company/|title=会社概要|date=8 July 2017 |accessdate=8 July 2017}}{{cite web |last=Akita city |first= |url=http://www.city.akita.akita.jp/koho/data/html/1572/1572_11_03.htm|title=CNA秋田ケーブルテレビ、加入世帯数が３万件を突破！|date=4 February 2004 |accessdate=8 July 2017}} with investments from local companies; however, due to economic constraints, the company remained inactive before starting regular operations. In 1994, due to deregulation in the broadcast and communications sectors, companies like Nissho Iwai and Nippon Telecom (the current SoftBank) injected capital in 1994 and under the leadership of both companies, its service started on December 1, 1997.「秋田CATV 来月開局 将来は独自番組も」Asahi Shimbun, Akita Edition, 12 November 1997 They acquired the naming rights of the Akita Municipal Gymnasium, the home of Akita Northern Happinets, in 2015.

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From April 1, 2010, CNA started broadcasting IBC on its network, replacing TUY. Akita does not have a JNN affiliate of its own.{{cite news |title=IBC岩手放送（TBS系）のデジタル放送を同時再送信で放送開始|publisher=Cable Networks Akita|date=15 March 2010|url=http://www.cna.ne.jp/modules/bulletin/index.php?page=article&storyid=280|accessdate=24 August 2014}}