BS-TBS

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title: "BS-TBS" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tokyo-broadcasting-system", "television-stations-in-japan", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-2000", "1998-establishments-in-japan", "television-in-tokyo"] description: "Japanese satellite broadcasting station" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS-TBS" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Japanese satellite broadcasting station ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television channel"]

Field	Value
name	BS-TBS
logo	BS-TBS 2020.svg
type	Free-to-air satellite television network
language	Japanese
country	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
website
::

| name = BS-TBS | logo = BS-TBS 2020.svg | logo_size = | type = Free-to-air satellite television network | language = Japanese | country = 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 = | website = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/TBS_Broadcasting_Center_20200607.jpg" caption="Headquarters of BS-TBS and TBS"] ::

BS-TBS, Inc. 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

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/BS-TBS_logo.svg" caption="BS-TBS logo from 2009 to 2020"] ::

• November, 1998: Japan Digital Communications, Incorporated founded.
• June, 2000: JDC was renamed BS-i, Incorporated.
• 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

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