NHK BS Premium 4K

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NHK BS Premium 4K
Type Free-to-air satellite
CountryJapan
Broadcast areaNationwide
Headquarters NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Programming
Language(s)Japanese
Picture format 2160p UHD TV
Ownership
Owner NHK
Sister channels NHK General TV
NHK Educational TV
NHK BS
NHK BS8K
History
Launched1 December 2023

NHK BS Premium 4K (NHK BSP4K) is a 4K satellite television broadcasting service offered by NHK. The channel was created from the merger of NHK BS Premium and NHK BS4K.

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Background

On October 11, 2022, NHK announced a revised plan for the reorganization of satellite broadcasting, announcing that BS Premium, which had been broadcast since April 1, 2011, would be discontinued by the end of March 2024, and channel reorganization would be implemented on December 1, 2023, in advance of said change. [1] At that time, two tentative names were presented: "New BS2K" based on BS1, and "New BS4K" which was integrated with BS Premium and BS4K, which has been broadcast since December 1, 2018.

On April 19, 2023, the reorganized channel line-up was officially announced, [2] [3] the result being that BS Premium and BS4K were to be merged. The chosen name for the channel was NHK BS Premium, and BS Premium’s purple colour was retained for the new channel.

2K format BS Premium officially closed on March 31, 2024, but in advance of that, the commercial broadcast of regular programs ended at midnight on November 30, 2023.

The official transition to 24-hour broadcasting will be from 4:00 p.m. on December 1, 2023 (suspended from 2:03 to 4:00 p.m.) [4] due to the EPG's organization.

The schedule on Sundays and between Monday to Thursday will follow the BS Premium (2K broadcast) and BS4K programming of April 2023, and on Fridays and Saturdays, a different lineup will be broadcast, and will feature live broadcasts of large-scale special programs and 4K remasters of past content. [5]

References

  1. "NHK経営計画の修正について" (PDF) (in Japanese). 日本放送協会. 2022-10-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  2. "新しくなるNHK衛星放送 チャンネル名&メインパーソナリティー決定!" (PDF) (in Japanese). NHK. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. BS最新情報|BS放送|NHK (in Japanese)
  4. NHK番組表・2023年11月30日翌0 - 5時(12月1日未明) (in Japanese)
  5. BSプレミアム停波でも「番組ほぼそのまま」。NHK新BS編成 阿部邦弘 2023年7月27日 19:34(AV Watch) (in Japanese)