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). 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.
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.
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:
