NHK BS Premium

==2011–2020==
On April 1, 2011, NHK BS Premium was launched on the former BS hi frequency (satellite channel 103). This logo and NHK BS1 logo were designed by Happy and Happy.
==2020–2024 (as NHK BS Premium), 2024 (as an emergency channel space)==
On April 19, 2023, NHK announced that the BS1 and BS Premium channels are to be merged and renamed to simply NHK BS alongside the renaming of it's 4K channel to NHK BS Premium 4K.https://www.twitter.com/nhk_domo_nhk/status/1648597299445088257 These changes took effect on December 1, 2023. 
Initially, the channel would shutdown on March 31, 2024, with programming ending one day later. But on January 9, 2024, the public broadcaster announced it would use the channel space to simulcast the Kanazawa (Ishikawa) opt-out of NHK General TV, for the time being, a few days after the Noto Peninsula earthquake (which occurred on New Year's Day 2024).https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1560268.html During that period, the BSP branding isn't used at all times.
The channel completely closed down at exactly 12:00am JST on July 1, 2024.https://x.com/takakuratch/status/1807429037004128729?t=CO6UEh3BhgD9z1jMrIBPlw
==References==
Category:NHK
Category:Defunct
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Category:2010s
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