Company name Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT)
Established April 13, 1993
Headquarters Parkside-Yamamotokan, 1-16-4, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan
Phone +81-3-5453-6521
Website www.b-sat.co.jp
Capitalization ¥15 billion/300,000 shares(¥16 billion authorized capital)
Stockholders
Japan Broadcasting Corp.(NHK) 49.9%
WOWOW Inc. 19.6%
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. 5.6%
TV Asahi Corp. 5.6%
BS Nippon Corp. 5.2%
BS Fuji, Inc. 5.2%
B.S. Japan Corp. 5.2%
Officers
President & CEO Kazuo Takenaka
Managing Director Masaaki Tahara
Managing Director Akihisa Yotsuya
Managing Director Takashi Yabashi
Managing Director(absentee) Kenji Uwataki
Managing Director(absentee) Akihiko Chigono
Managing Director(absentee) Takashi Fukui
Managing Director(absentee) Hajime Hashimoto
Managing Director(absentee) Yasuhiro Kawauchi
Managing Director(absentee) Haruhisa Murokawa
Managing Director(absentee) Takashi Shigetoh
Managing Director(absentee) Keiichi Yamashita
Managing Director(absentee) Satoshi Koumura
Auditor Yutaka Shimizu
Auditor(absentee) Tomoyuki Hayashi
Auditor(absentee) Kazuhito Sato
Employees 74
Objectives 1. Broadcast satellite procurement.
2. Control and management of broadcast satellites.
3. Supply for basic broadcasting stations.
4. All operations and business related to the above broadcast satellite services.
Specific operations BS broadcasting services, uplinks, and generation of electronic program guides(EPG) for all broadcasters, using five broadcasting satellites: BSAT-2a, BSAT-2c, BSAT-3a, BSAT-3b and BSAT-3c.
Business Performance (Millions of yen)
  16th period(2008) 17th period(2009) 18th period(2010)
Operating revenues 8,954 9,034 10.214
Recurring profits 1,121 1,747 2.135
Current net income 663 1,032 1.194

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