BS-i

is a satellite broadcasting station in Tokyo, Japan. Its channel name is "BS-i". It is a member television station of Japan News Network.

Channels

*Television: BS-i 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-i is assigned BS766ch, BS768ch, but BS768ch is not being used now.

History

*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 founded.
*June, 2000 - JDC Renamed BS-i, Incorporated.
*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.

Programs

*General programs
**A number of programs which TBS broadcasted are broadcasted also on BS-i.
*Anime programs
**The anime which BS-i produced is popular among the 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. But on BS-i, they are broadcasted in their original form.
***These are anime programs broadcasted just on BS-i:
****Air
****Cyber Team in Akihabara
****Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma
****He Is My Master
****Kanon
****Little Snow Fairy Sugar
****Mahoromatic
****Popotan
****This Ugly and Beautiful World
****Tsukihime, Lunar Legend
****Yumeria
***These are anime programs broadcasted on both TBS and BS-i:
****Oh My Goddess!
****Binchō-tan
****BLACK CAT
****Chobits
****Heat Guy J
****Ichigo Mashimaro
****Melody of Oblivion
****REC
****Rozen Maiden
****Rozen Maiden Traumend
****Clannad

ee also

*Tokyo Broadcasting System
*TBS Radio & Communications

External links

* [http://www.bs-i.co.jp/ BS-i Official Website (Japanese)]