BS-TBS

BS-TBS

Broadcast area	Japan
Headquarters	Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo
Programming
Language(s)	Japanese
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner	BS-TBS, Inc.
Key people	Hideki Isanno (president and CEO)
History
Launched	December 1, 2000 (2000-12-01)
Links
Website	bs.tbs.co.jp

Headquarters of BS-TBS and TBS

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

BS-TBS logo from 2009 to 2020

• November, 1998: 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 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, 2004: 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

• Tokyo Broadcasting System
• Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
• TBS Radio & Communications

External links

• BS-TBS Official Website (Japanese)