Verdict
stv.jp appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official-looking homepage for STV Sapporo Television Broadcasting, offering regional television and radio programming, news, weather, disaster information, sports, events, shopping, corporate information, and subscription video content. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 19 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 20025000 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Amazon RSA 2048 M03 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2002.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The STV Sapporo Television Broadcasting website is an established regional Japanese television and radio broadcaster serving Hokkaido, with news, weather and disaster information, sports, entertainment programming, events, shopping, corporate information, and subscription video services supported by advertising, media distribution, merchandise, and paid content.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent broadcaster identity, extensive programming and public-interest content, and no phishing, malware, financial-manipulation, or brand-impersonation indicators. Its long-running historical presence and clean external reputation materially support the conclusion that the site is authentic.
- Homepage: no red-flag findings, with a coherent news and media business model.
- Domain registration: registered 2007 (~18.92 years old).
- Web archive: 5,000 snapshots spanning 2002–2024 (23 years tracked).
- External reputation checks: zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with no blacklist hit.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides corporate information and operates as a broadcaster, media distributor, event organizer, retailer, and subscription-content provider. The supplied pages do not establish a specific regulatory license or registration number; this is a routine disclosure point for verification, not evidence of deception. No adverse broker association was identified in the available third-party context.
- Corporate-information pages: present the broadcaster’s organizational content and operating activities.
- Hosting infrastructure: served from AS16509 (Amazon.com, Inc.).
- Transport security: TLS certificate issued by Amazon RSA 2048 M03, DV validation, valid to 2026-10-09.
What to Verify Next
For formal procurement or regulated use, confirm the broadcaster’s corporate details and any permissions relevant to the specific service through appropriate Japanese registries. Payment, shopping, and subscription arrangements should be checked against the site’s stated terms and ordinary organizational approval controls.
- Homepage: links content across television, radio, events, shopping, and subscription services.
- Corporate-information pages: provide the appropriate starting point for entity verification.
- Service terms and payment pages: should be reviewed for the particular transaction or subscription.
Summary Verdict
The website presents as a legitimate, established, high-trust media organization with a coherent identity, sustained public-facing operation, and no observed contradiction signals. Normal interaction, including account login and standard use, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site uses mainstream edge-delivery infrastructure that provides a conventional protective layer for availability and exposure management. This is a mitigating technical factor, not independent proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
The site is suitable for normal browsing, login, and standard account activity, subject to ordinary organizational controls for any material commercial engagement.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-01 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of stv.jp.
- The request stayed on stv.jp. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by co.uk, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-09-30. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2002-02-05. Clear
- It is hosted on AMAZON-02, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Not available |
|---|---|
| Hosting | AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2600:9000:20a8:3400:c:69f1:f940:93a1 |
| Name servers | ns-1918.awsdns-47.co.uk, ns-1275.awsdns-31.org, ns-983.awsdns-58.net, ns-213.awsdns-26.com |
| SSL issuer | Amazon RSA 2048 M03 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-09 |
| Domain age | 18.9 years |
| Domain expiry | 2026-09-30 |
| Archive first seen | 2002-02-05 |
| Archive snapshots | 5000 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about stv.jp at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.