TBS News (channel)

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TBS News
Type Cable television network
Country Japan
Headquarters Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo
Programming
Language(s)Japanese
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Ownership
Owner Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
History
Launched1 April 1998;27 years ago (1998-04-01)
Links
Website www.tbs.co.jp/cstbsnews/

TBS News (stylized in all-caps as TBS NEWS) is a Japanese cable and satellite news channel owned by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television. Using JNN's infrastructure in Japan and abroad, it broadcasts a continuous news service, with emphasis on breaking news.

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History

Satellite operator PerfecTV announced in February 1998 that it would launch TBS's JNN News Bird on April 1, as part of its basic package. [1] In 2006, the channel was renamed TBS News Bird.

On March 1, 2010, the channel was made available on Hikari TV. With the agreement, its availability surpassed six million households. [2] [3] On April 1, 2012, it launched on NOTTV. [4] On December 9, 2013, it announced that all of its Yokohama DeNA BayStars baseball telecasts would move to TBS Channel 2 starting in the 2014 season. [5] In March 2015, it started carrying Chiba Lotte Marines games (until 2017). [6]

On September 26, 2019, the channel was renamed TBS News. From April 18, 2022, with the launch of TBS News Dig, a stream was added to the site. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "PerfecTV Announces JNN News Bird Launch, New Channel Packs". sat-net.com. February 10, 1998.
  2. ↑ "『TBSテレビ、有料IP 放送サービス｢ひかりTV｣で放送開始』" (pdf). TBS Television (in Japanese). January 29, 2010.
  3. ↑ 『「ひかりTV」で、「TBSチャンネル」「TBSニュースバード」を3月より放送開始!』 - 株式会社アイキャスト・株式会社NTTぷらら 2010年1月29日
  4. ↑ 「TBSニュースバード」が「NOTTV」で24時間放送! ～4/1 開局スマートフォン向け放送局「NOTTV」のニュースチャンネルで完全サイマル放送～
  5. ↑ お知らせ Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine TBSチャンネル 2013年12月9日。同月14日閲覧
  6. ↑ CS放送「TBSニュースバード」でプロ野球・千葉ロッテマリーンズ主催公式戦全試合を完全生中継! 株式会社TBSテレビ 2014年12月26日。2015年3月9日閲覧
  7. ↑ 社長室広報部 (2022-04-18). "JNN系列28局の統合ニュースサイト「TBS NEWS DIG Powered by JNN」が4月18日（月）スタート！" (PDF). TBS Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
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