{{Short description|Japanese satellite broadcasting station}} {{Expand Japanese|BS-TBS|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox television channel | 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<br>(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SD feed) | owner = BS-TBS, Inc. | key_people = Hideki Isanno<br>(president and CEO) | launch_date = {{start date and age|2000|12|1}} | website = {{url|bs.tbs.co.jp}} }} right|thumbnail|Headquarters of BS-TBS and TBS
{{nihongo|'''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== left|thumb|200px|BS-TBS logo from 2009 to 2020
* November, 1998: {{Nihongo|'''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 {{Nihongo|'''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== * 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== *{{Official website|https://www.bs-tbs.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Japanese television networks}} {{Authority control}} Category:Tokyo Broadcasting System Category:Television stations in Japan Category:Television channels and stations established in 2000 Category:1998 establishments in Japan Category:Television in Tokyo