How to watchTBS live

How to watch TBS live online

TBS's prime-time programmes, from about 7 pm to 11 pm, stream live for free on TVer, the official service of Japan's commercial broadcasters, a little behind the broadcast. TVer says its live streams cannot be watched in its TV app. We found no official way to watch TBS live outside Japan.

TVer, the free official service of Japan's commercial broadcasters, streams TBS's prime-time programmes live, mainly from about 7 pm to 11 pm, a little behind the broadcast. TVer says all its programmes are free.

TVer's TV app runs on the Fire TV Stick and connected TVs, but TVer says live streams cannot be watched in the TV app; there you get catch-up. On phones, tablets and the web, live works.

Can you watch TBS abroad?

We found no official way to watch TBS live outside Japan.

U-NEXT, which took over TBS's Paravi service in 2023, says its service can only be used in Japan, live streams included; downloads play abroad for up to 48 hours.

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What is TBS?

TBS Television started as a TV station on 1 April 1955, Japan's second private one. In 2023 its Paravi service merged into U-NEXT.

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Where the facts come from

We check every fact on the broadcaster's own pages, or on two independent sources that agree.

1. App Store (Japan): TVer, free; live mainly in the evening, not in the TV app
2. TVer: the TV app (Fire TV Stick and connected TVs)
3. Phile-web: all five Tokyo networks live on TVer from 11 April 2022
4. U-NEXT help: watching abroad (the service is for Japan only)
5. U-NEXT help: live streams abroad (the service is for Japan only)
6. Wikipedia: TVer

Last checked: 3 November 2026. Prices and rules change: the official pages always win.