<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Mark Schilling reports on Variety that.....<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'MS Reference Sans Serif'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; "><blockquote type="cite">NHK Enterprises, a subsid of pubcaster NHK that sells and acquires programming, is partnering with YouTube Japan to offer NHK programs on the site free of charge.<p style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; ">The programs on offer include popular NHK dramas and educational shows.</p><p style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; ">The service, called NHK Program Collection, launched on Monday with 200 uncut shows, as well as 30 three-minute edited highlights from programs, with new content to be added regularly. It can only be viewed on PCs in Japan, though it may expand to cell phones as well.</p></blockquote><div>Not offering it globally is simply stupid.</div><div><br></div><div>m</div><div><br></div></span></div></body></html>