Corporation Profile

Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT)

April 13, 1993

Parkside-Yamamotokan, 1-16-4, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan

+81-3-5453-6521

www.b-sat.co.jp

¥15 billion/300,000 shares(¥16 billion authorized capital)

• Japan Broadcasting Corp.(NHK)49.9%
• WOWOW Inc.19.6%
• Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.5.6%
• TV Asahi Holdings Corporation5.6%
• BS Nippon Corp.5.2%
• BS Fuji, Inc.5.2%
• BS TV TOKYO Corporation5.2%

(as of 2020/6/26)

• President&CEOTatsuhiko Inoue
• Managing DirectorMasashi Sakaguchi
• Managing DirectorYasushi Asotani
• Managing DirectorHiroshi Hirabayashi
• Managing Director (absentee)Reijin Ishii
• Managing Director (absentee)Masanao Takahashi
• Managing Director (absentee)Keiji Kodama
• Managing Director (absentee)Noriaki Kuromizu
• Managing Director (absentee)Kenji Noshi
• Managing Director (absentee)Masafumi Higuchi
• Managing Director (absentee)Naohiro Sudo
• Managing Director (absentee)Genichi Takenouchi
• Managing Director (absentee)Naoki Fujita
• AuditorKazuhiro Aihara
• Auditor (absentee)Kazuhisa Hatakeyama
• Auditor (absentee)Junichi Onoue

(as of 2020/6/26)

91 (as of 2020/7/1)

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.

BS broadcasting services, uplinks, and generation of electronic program guides(EPG) for all broadcasters, using four broadcasting satellites: BSAT-3a, BSAT-3b, BSAT-3c and BSAT-4a.