I wonder if they fear losing Japan TV subscribers on DISH Net and on cable on the west coast. I suspect I'd drop Japan Terebi in an instant if very contemporary NHK programming were available free on Youtube.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Mark Nornes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amnornes@umich.edu">amnornes@umich.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word;">Mark Schilling reports on Variety that.....<div><br></div><div><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: 20px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">
The programs on offer include popular NHK dramas and educational shows.</p><p style="margin: 20px 0px 1em; padding: 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><font color="#888888"><div>m</div><div><br></div></font></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Sarah Maline, PhD<br>
Chair, Department of Sound, Performance, and Visual Inquiry<br>Associate Professor of Art History<br>University of Maine Farmington<br>Farmington, Maine 04938<br>207.778.7321<br>