Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation Profile
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 Toru Ohwaku
Managing Director(absentee) Hiroyuki Tsukada
Managing Director(absentee) Takashi Yabashi
Managing Director(absentee) Koichi Obara
Managing Director(absentee) Hajime Hashimoto
Managing Director(absentee) Yasuhiro Kawauchi
Managing Director(absentee) Haruhisa Murokawa
Managing Director(absentee) Takashi Shigetoh
Managing Director(absentee) Kenji Fukasawa
Managing Director(absentee) Noboru Akatsuka
Auditor Yutaka Shimizu
Auditor(absentee) Tomoyuki Hayashi
Auditor(absentee) Kazuhito Sato
Employees 63
Objectives 1. Broadcast satellite procurement.
2. Transfer and/or leasing of broadcast satellite transponders.
3. Control and management of broadcast satellites.
4. Commissioned broadcasting operations.
5. 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 three broadcasting satellites: BSAT-2a, BSAT-2c, and BSAT-3a
Business Performance

Operating revenues
Recurring profits
Current net income
(Millions of yen)
14th period(2006) 15th period(2007) 16th period(2008)
7,095 7,442 8,954
1,085 1,474 1,121
  645   870   663
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