
is a Japanese satellite broadcasting station headquartered in
Akasaka Gochome,
Minato,
Tokyo
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. 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

* November, 1998: founded.
* June, 2000: JDC was renamed .
* 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
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programs exclusively broadcast on BS-TBS:
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Air
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Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma''
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He Is My Master
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Kanon''
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Little Snow Fairy Sugar''
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Mahoromatic
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Popotan''
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This Ugly yet Beautiful World''
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Yumeria''
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Acchi Kocchi''
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Bincho-tan''
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BLACK CAT
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Chobits''
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Clannad
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Clannad -After Story-''
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Heat Guy J''
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Ichigo Mashimaro''
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K-On!
is a Japanese Yonkoma, four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Kakifly. It was serialized in Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara'' magazine between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues, and also serialized in Houbunsha's ''Manga T ...
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Melody of Oblivion
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Oh My Goddess!
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REC''
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Rozen Maiden
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Peach-Pit. It was serialized in '' Monthly Comic Birz'' between the September 2002 and July 2007 issues. The individual chapters were collected and released into eight ''tankōbon ...
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Rozen Maiden Traumend''
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Sankarea''
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Tsukihime, Lunar Legend''
See also
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Tokyo Broadcasting System
(formerly ) is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network TBS Television and radio network TBS Radio. It has a 28-affiliate television network called Japan News Network, as ...
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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
JORX-DTV (channel 6), branded as , is the flagship station of the Japan News Network in the Kantō region. It is owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of TBS Holdings. TBS Television is one of the "five private broadcasters based in Tokyo." ...
*
TBS Radio & Communications
External links
BS-TBS Official Website (Japanese)
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Tokyo Broadcasting System
Television stations in Japan
Television channels and stations established in 2000
1998 establishments in Japan
Television in Tokyo