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BS-TBS

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Japanese satellite broadcasting station

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).2 It is part of TBS Holdings Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1

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TBS HQ
Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

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).2

Corporate structure

BS-TBS is part of a group headed by TBS Holdings Inc.. 25 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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, Kabushiki-Gaisha Japan Dejitaru Komyunikēshonzu) founded.

June, 2000: JDC was renamed 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on BS-TBS, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

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