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===5-prefecture expansion plan===
At the president's regular press conference on May 31, 2007, the goal was to complete the transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting on July 24, 2011:
*Opening a new station in Miyagi Prefecture or expanding the detached area of TV Tokyo
*Opening a new station in Hiroshima Prefecture or expanding the area of TV Setouchi, an existing affiliated station in neighboring prefectures
*Opening a new station in Shizuoka Prefecture or expanding the area of TV Tokyo or TV Aichi, which are affiliated stations in neighboring prefectures
*Expand the broadcasting area of TV Osaka, an existing affiliated station in neighboring prefectures to Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures.
However, this was an example commented by Sadahiko Sugaya, the then-president of TV Tokyo, and was not officially approved as a business plan.

The company's governance announced plans to achieve this goal.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/kaisha/message/2007/05.html |title=菅谷社長5月定例会見 |accessdate=January 23, 2022 |date=May 31, 2007 |website=TV Tokyo |language=ja}}</ref> However, this was a mere suggestion by Sugaya, and was never implemented officially as a business plan.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=「市長への手紙・平成19年度回答」の「7.まちづくり・政令指定都市」の項目における「新潟市企画調整課」による回答へリンク |url=https://www.city.niigata.jp/info/kocho/tegami/19tegami/19-7matidukuri-15.html |publisher=City of Niigata |language=ja}}</ref>

In an overview of the 40th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on TV Tokyo held on June 20, 2008, the company responded that it was "difficult in the current business environment" regarding the expansion of the area that can be seen, and since then it has not shown any new movements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=川合登 |first1=志和 |title=なぜテレビ東京系は広島や仙台で視聴できないのか |url=https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/E1450928022018/?p=5 |work=Excite Bit |date=December 26, 2015 |language=ja}}</ref>