TBS Broadcasting Center

TBS Broadcasting Center (TBS放送センター, TBS Hōsō Sentā) is 22-story office and TV studio building located in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is a part of akasaka Sacas, and houses the headquarters of Tokyo Broadcasting System.[2] CBS News Tokyo bureau is located in TBS broadcasting center. [3]

TBS Broadcasting Center
TBS放送センター
General information
AddressAkasaka 5-3-6
Town or cityMinato, Tokyo
CountryJapan
Construction startedMay 21, 1991 (1991-05-21)
Construction stopped25 April 1994 (1994-04-25)
OpenedOctober 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)
Cost120 billion Japanese yen[1]
OwnerTokyo Broadcasting System
Height95 m
Design and construction
Architecture firmNIHON SEKKEI, INC.
Main contractorObayashi Corporation, Kajima, Taisei Corporation

The building was built by Obayashi Corporation,[4]Kajima and Taisei Corporation. Construction was started in 1991 and finished in 1994.[5] The nickname of TBS Broadcasting Center is “big hat”, was named after the circle heliport which on the top of building. [6][1]: 577 [7][8]

Studios

There are 10 television studios in the TBS Broadcasting Center. Television studios are located on the 2nd to 8th floor of the broadcasting center, and radio studios are located on the 8th to 9th floor. [8]

  • A Studio – 860 square metres (9,300 sq ft) – One of the largest studio on the broadcasting center. Available for 4K resolution. [9]
  • B Studio – 860 square metres (9,300 sq ft) – Another largest studio on the broadcasting center.
  • C Studio – 595 square metres (6,400 sq ft) – Available for virtual studio. [10]
  • D Studio – 595 square metres (6,400 sq ft) – Mainly using for breakfast television program.
  • E Studio – 79 square metres (850 sq ft) – Using for Satellite television (BS-TBS).
  • F Studio – 79 square metres (850 sq ft) – Available for virtual studio.
  • G Studio – 132 square metres (1,420 sq ft) – It was a studio used for TBS radio, but now using as a multi-using studio.[11]
  • N Studio – 595 square metres (6,400 sq ft) – Mainly using for news programs.[12]
  • P Studio – 82 square metres (880 sq ft) – Mainly using for sports programs.
  • S Studio – Using for TBS news channel.

References
  1. TBS50年史 [50 Years of TBS] (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting. 2002. OCLC 704226898.
  2. "akasaca Sakas". TBS. Retrieved 2023-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "CBS NEWS AND TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM SIGN MULTI-YEAR RENEWAL". Bloomberg. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 2023-03-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Tokyo Broadcasting System(TBS) Center". Obayashi Corporation. Retrieved 2023-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "TBS放送センター". t-glover. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "赤坂サカス". 三井広報委員会. Retrieved 2023-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "TVスタジオ照明設備" (PDF). MARUMO - 丸茂電機. Retrieved 2023-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "【社食訪問記】株式会社東京放送ホールディングス(TBS HD)". 社食ドットコム. Retrieved 2023-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "株式会社TBSテレビ 様". SONY. Retrieved 2023-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "TBS 放送センター C・D スタジオ" (PDF). 丸茂電機. Archived from the original on 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2023-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. "株式会社TBSテレビ 様 新設の「Gスタジオ」に4KシステムカメラUHK-430を納入". Ikegami Tsushinki. Retrieved 2023-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "TBS放送センター Nスタジオ" (PDF). Morihei. Retrieved 2023-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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