NHK on Youtube

[David Blair]

there's a bunch I've seen,
here's one from a nice group
http://blog.universalsubtitles.org/2010/04/13/subtitles-and-captions-for-every-video-on-the-web/

On 12/10/2010 2:39 PM, Mark Nornes wrote:
> Of course, it's a non-trivial issue, because it points us to larger 
> strategies. We need more comm-types on KineJapan to guide us here. But 
> doesn't John's experience indicate that their thinking is exclusively 
> local to begin with? Where other large media companies in other parts 
> of the world seem to be offering content online to hook people for 
> now, while the strategies for extracting profit work themselves out. 
> It just feels like there's no long range strategy that recognizes the 
> way media distribution need not be territorialized so 
> narrowly/nationally. It's why the subs thing came up, too.
>
> Speaking of subs, did anyone hear the story on NPR where some online 
> software allows thousands of people to sub a film simultaneously, wiki 
> style? I just caught the very end, but it sounded amazing.
>
> Markus
>
> On Dec 10, 2010, at 2:58 AM, Junkerman John wrote:
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>> I was going to make the same point, that NHK doesn't have worldwide 
>> rights for some of the material in their programs. I recently worked 
>> on an English-language version of an NHK program where all the music 
>> had to be swapped out for public domain music, and another (a very 
>> powerful program about the drone war in Pakistan that really should 
>> be seen in the US) that will only be submitted to competitions 
>> because NHK didn't license worldwide rights to the footage.
>>
>> /John Junkerman/
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>> On Dec 10, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Adrian Wood wrote:
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>>> I think we should understand NHK?s respect for 3^rd party rights 
>>> which prevent their use of material outside Japan.
>>> Generally it is this issue that limits exploitation.
>>> Adrian Wood
>>> Inkulla Media
>>> *From:*owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
>>> <mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> 
>>> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]*On Behalf Of*Eija 
>>> Niskanen
>>> *Sent:*10 December 2010 00:55
>>> *To:*KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
>>> <mailto:KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>>> *Subject:*Re: NHK on Youtube
>>> Which makes it virtually impossible to use Japanese DVDs for 
>>> teaching...and makes the teacher teach rather Asian cinema than 
>>> Japanese cinema - after all, it is easy to find Hong Kong, Korean 
>>> etc. films with English subs.
>>> So Japanese film companies are indirectly supporting the spread of 
>>> other Asian cinema?
>>>
>>> Eija
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Michael Kerpan 
>>> <mekerpan at verizon.net <mailto:mekerpan at verizon.net>> wrote:
>>> Aren't almost all Japanese marketing decision of this sort stupid 
>>> these days?
>>>
>>> I've been stunned by the virtually total disappearance of English 
>>> subs on Japanese DVDs (even Shochiku dropped subs on Yoji Yamada's 
>>> new film -- after including subs for almost 10 years on new YY films).
>>>
>>> MEK
>>>
>>> --- On*Thu, 12/9/10, Mark Nornes/<amnornes at umich.edu 
>>> <mailto:amnornes at umich.edu>>/*wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu <mailto:amnornes at umich.edu>>
>>> Subject: NHK on Youtube
>>> To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
>>> <mailto:KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>>
>>> Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 10:39 PM
>>>
>>> Mark Schilling reports on Variety that.....
>>>
>>>     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.
>>>
>>>     The programs on offer include popular NHK dramas and educational
>>>     shows.
>>>
>>>     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.
>>>
>>> Not offering it globally is simply stupid.
>>> m
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Eija Niskanen
>>> Baltic Sea - Japan Film Project
>>> Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6
>>> Musashino-shi
>>> Tokyo 180-0004
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