:Space Shower TV

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| name = Space Shower TV

| logo = SPACE SHOWER TV.jpg

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| launch_date = {{start date|1989|12|01}}

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| picture_format = HDTV (since {{start date|2009|10|01}})

| owner = Space Shower Networks, Inc.

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| headquarters = Minato-ku, Tokyo

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| website = [http://www.spaceshowertv.com/ spaceshowertv.com]

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{{nihongo|Space Shower TV|スペースシャワーTV}} is a Japanese music television channel operated by Space Shower Networks, Inc. The company is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The channel launched at 6:00 on December 1, 1989.{{cite news|url=http://www.news2u.net/releases/40639|title=スペースシャワーTV 20周年記念プロジェクトスタート! 日本武道館にて豪華ライブイベント開催!|publisher=News2u.net|date=2008-12-01|accessdate=2014-03-11|language=Japanese}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cinra.net/news/2013/12/01/000000.php|title=スペースシャワーTVの25周年企画がスタート、キックオフ番組『2.5時間生テレビ』も|publisher=Cinra|date=2013-12-01|accessdate=2014-03-11}} Initially limited to cable viewers, it began broadcasting using Japanese communication satellites in mid-1992.{{cite news |title=More specialist shows in store for Japan TV viewers |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19920422-1.2.12.21 |access-date=23 December 2023 |work=The Straits Times |date=22 April 1992}}

The idea behind establishing Space Shower TV was to create a specialized music channel like MTV in Japan. The purpose was to make it a strictly music channel providing quality content that would meet the standards of a true music fan.{{cite news|url=http://realsound.jp/2013/12/mvtv25.html|title=スペースシャワーTVの25年 名物プロデューサーが振り返る「音楽好きの素人たちの挑戦」|publisher=Real Sound|date=2013-12-28|accessdate=2014-03-11}}

Its programming line-up in 1992 include a mix of Japanese, Western and ethnic pop music programs such as Bum Television, Wild Side and Booing.

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