BS-TBS



BS-TBS, Inc. (株式会社ビーエス・ティービーエス) is a Japanese satellite broadcasting station headquartered in Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo. Its channel name is BS-TBS (formerly, BS-i). It is a member television station of Japan News Network.

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 - 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) founded.
 * June, 2000 - JDC was renamed BS-i, Incorporated (株式会社ビーエス・アイ).
 * 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:
 * Oh My Goddess!
 * Bincho-tan
 * BLACK CAT
 * Local Chat With RBG
 * Chobits
 * Heat Guy J
 * Ichigo Mashimaro
 * Melody of Oblivion
 * REC
 * Rozen Maiden
 * Rozen Maiden Traumend
 * Clannad
 * Clannad -After Story-
 * Tsukihime, Lunar Legend
 * K-On!
 * Sankarea
 * Acchi Kocchi