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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).
Broadcast area | Japan |
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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 |
Links | |
Website | bs |
Channels
edit- 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
edit- 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, 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
edit- 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:
- These are anime programs broadcast on both TBS and BS-TBS: