BS-TBS
{{Short description|Japanese satellite broadcasting station}}
{{Expand Japanese|BS-TBS|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = BS-TBS
| logo = BS-TBS 2020.svg
| logo_size =
| type = Free-to-air satellite television network
| language = Japanese
| area = Japan
| headquarters = Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo
| picture_format = 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SD feed)
| owner = BS-TBS, Inc.
| key_people = Hideki Isanno
(president and CEO)
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2000|12|1}}
| website = {{url|bs.tbs.co.jp}}
}}
File:TBS Broadcasting Center 20200607.jpg
{{nihongo|BS-TBS, Inc.|株式会社ビーエス・ティービーエス|Kabushiki-Gaisha Bīesu-Tībīesu}} is a Japanese satellite broadcasting station headquartered in Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo. Its channel name is BS-TBS (formerly, BS-i).
Channels
- Television: BS-TBS is assigned BS161ch - 163ch.
- Radio: BS-i had been assigned 461ch, 462ch, and was closed on September 30, 2005. - TBS Radio & Communications had been produced. TVM 461ch has launched
- Data: BS-TBS is assigned BS766ch, BS768ch, but BS768ch is not being used now.
History
- November, 1998: {{Nihongo|Japan Digital Communications, Incorporated|株式会社ジャパン・デジタル・コミュニケーションズ|Kabushiki-Gaisha Japan Dejitaru Komyunikēshonzu}} founded.
- June, 2000: JDC was renamed {{Nihongo|BS-i, Incorporated|株式会社ビーエス・アイ|Kabushiki-Gaisha Bīesu-Ai}}.
- December 1, 2000: BS-i started broadcasting.
- July, 2003: BS-i moved its headquarters from TBS Hoso Kaikan to TBS Broadcast Center 15th fl.
- September 30, 2005: BS-i closed satellite radio broadcasting.
- April 1, 2009: BS-i, Incorporated was renamed to its current name BS-TBS, Incorporated.
Programs
- General programs
- A number of programs which TBS broadcasts are also broadcast on BS-TBS.
- Anime programs
- Anime produced by BS-TBS are popular among anime fans because the regulation of expression on satellite broadcasting is looser than on terrestrial broadcasting.
- On TBS, in order to adjust size, most 16:9 anime is cropped on the left and right. They are broadcast on BS-TBS in their original form.
- These are anime programs exclusively broadcast on BS-TBS:
- Air
- Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma
- He Is My Master
- Kanon
- Little Snow Fairy Sugar
- Mahoromatic
- Popotan
- This Ugly yet Beautiful World
- Yumeria
- These are anime programs broadcast on both TBS and BS-TBS:
- Acchi Kocchi
- Bincho-tan
- BLACK CAT
- Chobits
- Clannad
- Clannad -After Story-
- Heat Guy J
- Ichigo Mashimaro
- K-On!
- Local Chat with RBG
- Melody of Oblivion
- Oh My Goddess!
- REC
- Rozen Maiden
- Rozen Maiden Traumend
- Sankarea
- Tsukihime, Lunar Legend
See also
External links
- [http://www.bs-tbs.co.jp/ BS-TBS Official Website (Japanese)]
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Category:Tokyo Broadcasting System
Category:Television stations in Japan
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2000