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. 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

*November, 1998 - founded. *June, 2000 - JDC was renamed . *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 is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

programs exclusively broadcast on BS-TBS: **** Air **** Cyber Team in Akihabara ****

Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma is a Japanese historical romance manga by Kaoru Mori. It was published by Enterbrain in the magazine ''Comic Beam'' and collected in 10 tankōbon volumes. The series has been adapted as an anime television series, entitled . The manga is li ...

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He Is My Master is a Japanese manga series written by Mattsuu and illustrated by Asu Tsubaki, a formerly married couple. It originally ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' from February 2002 to February 2007. It was adapted into an anime television series by Ga ...

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Little Snow Fairy Sugar is a Japanese anime series developed by J.C.Staff. It premiered in Japan on TBS on October 2, 2001, and ran for 24 episodes until its conclusion March 26, 2002. A two-episode OVA was also released for the series. The series was licensed for ...

**** Mahoromatic **** Popotan ****

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**** Yumeria ***These are anime programs broadcast on both TBS and BS-TBS: **** Oh My Goddess! **** Bincho-tan **** BLACK CAT **** Chobits **** Heat Guy J **** Ichigo Mashimaro **** Melody of Oblivion **** REC **** Rozen Maiden **** Rozen Maiden Traumend ****

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**** Clannad -After Story- ****

Tsukihime, Lunar Legend is an anime television series. The episodes are directed by Katsushi Sakurabi, animated by J.C.Staff, and produced by the ''Tsukihime'' Production Committee, which included Geneon Entertainment, Movic, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and J.C.Staff. T ...

**** K-On! **** Sankarea **** Acchi Kocchi

External links

BS-TBS Official Website (Japanese)
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History

Programs

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