BS-i

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BS-i, Incorporated (株式会社ビーエス・アイ, Kabushiki-Gaisha Bīesu-ai^?) is a satellite broadcasting station in Tokyo, Japan. Its channel name is BS-i. It is a member television station of Japan News Network.

1 Channels
2 History
3 Programs
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] History

November, 1998 - 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.

[edit] 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:
  - These are anime programs broadcasted on both TBS and BS-i: