Space Shower TV (スペースシャワーTV) is a Japanese music television channel operated by Space Shower Networks, Inc. The company is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The channel launched at 6:00 on December 1, 1989.[1][2] Initially limited to cable viewers, it began broadcasting using Japanese communication satellites in mid-1992.[3]
The idea behind establishing Space Shower TV was to create a specialized music channel like MTV in Japan. The purpose was to make it a strictly music channel providing quality content that would meet the standards of a true music fan.[4]
Its programming line-up in 1992 include a mix of Japanese, Western and ethnic pop music programs such as Bum Television, Wild Side and Booing.[3]
See also
- Space Shower Music Video Awards
- Space Shower Music
External links
References
- スペースシャワーTV 20周年記念プロジェクトスタート！ 日本武道館にて豪華ライブイベント開催！ News2u.net, 2008-12-01, retrieved 2014-03-11^
- スペースシャワーTVの25周年企画がスタート、キックオフ番組『2.5時間生テレビ』も Cinra, 2013-12-01, retrieved 2014-03-11^
- More specialist shows in store for Japan TV viewers The Straits Times, 22 April 1992, retrieved 23 December 2023^
- スペースシャワーTVの25年 名物プロデューサーが振り返る「音楽好きの素人たちの挑戦」 Real Sound, 2013-12-28, retrieved 2014-03-11^