
A dramatic photograph of the St.GIGA Studios in the evening.

The St.GIGA logo with its motto, "'I'm here.' 'I'm glad you're there.'"
St.GIGA (セント・ギガ, Sento.GIGA) is a defunct Japanese satellite radio company that was heavily involved in the Satellaview, an add-on for the Super Famicom. The company was owned by Japanese satellite broadcaster and television station WOWOW from 1990 to 2001 and Japanese radio station provider Wirebee, Inc. from 2001 to 2006.
Prior to their involvement with Nintendo, St.GIGA was known for its Satellite Radio station playing new-age and ambient music to a cult fanbase. In 1993, Nintendo bought some stock in their company.[1] In February 1995, Nintendo released the Satellaview, and St.GIGA dropped much of its original content in order to maintain the service, providing downloads for users and more video game and pop-culture oriented audio broadcasts.
In 1998, Nintendo would withdraw five of its executives from the company and cease the production of new content for the Satellaview alongside other content providers after St.GIGA rejected a debt management plan and failed to apply for a government broadcasting license by a deadline. Support for the Satellaview would continue for two more years until St.GIGA discontinued the peripheral and its services on June 20, 2000 due to a dwindling subscriber base and lack of third-party support. None of their work before or afterward was tied to video games.
St.GIGA would continue to face financial issues until, facing bankruptcy, it entered merger talks with Wirebee, Inc. and was eventually renamed Club COSMO. The company's licensing rights were later sold to World Independent Networks Japan, Inc., and Wirebee would go bankrupt in 2006. WINJ would re-broadcast their old content that same year until their broadcasting certificate was revoked in 2007 by then Japanese Minister of Internal Affairs Hiroya Masuda.
Location[]

A map showing St.GIGA's location and giving directions from the New Transit Yurikamome line (ゆりかもめ線) and the Hamamatsuchō Station (JR浜松町).
St.GIGA was located in Minato Ward, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, one block from Takeshiba Station (竹芝訳) on the (Yurikamome Line) in the direction of Hinode Station (日の出訳). The building was erected in 1990 and still stands today as the Suzuebaydium (鈴江ベイディアム). It shares a block with the Seduce Beer Lounge (Seduce ビール ラウンジ) as its southerly neighbor. For travelers wishing to visit the site, the closest hotel is the Hamamatsuchō Chisan Hotel (チサンホテル浜松町).
References[]
- ↑ St.GIGA history Retrieved 2009-12-16