高市総務相、ＮＨＫのネット同時配信を認可へ　４月から本格サービス

　高市早苗総務相は１４日の閣議後記者会見で、テレビ番組を放送と同時にインターネットで配信する「常時同時配信」を柱としたＮＨＫのネット業務の実施基準案を認可する方針を示した。ＮＨＫは総務省の要請に応じ、ネット関連事業費を当初案から縮小。同相は電波監理審議会に諮問し、妥当とされれば１４日中に認可する。
　ＮＨＫは、３月から試行的に常時同時配信を始め、４月から本格サービスに入る予定。
　総務相は会見で、ＮＨＫが修正した基準案について「おおむね妥当だ。一定の条件を付した上で認可することが適当と（審議会に）諮問する」と表明した。ネット関連事業費の抑制的管理のための具体的な仕組みの早期導入や、民放との連携を具体化するための協議の場の設置などを条件とする考え。（2020/01/14-12:16）

Japan's communications ministry plans to approve a plan by Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, to conduct simultaneous broadcasting of all of its television programs on the internet, minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday.
   Takaichi will approve the plan for full-blown simulcasts and other online services by NHK as early as later on Tuesday, after consulting the Radio Regulatory Council, an advisory panel.
   The public broadcaster aims to begin trial simulcasts in March and full services in April.
   "I will consult (the council), saying it is appropriate to approve it under certain conditions," Takaichi said at a news conference. The minister plans to require NHK to swiftly introduce detailed measures to keep its online operations budget under control, and to set up a forum for cooperating with commercial broadcasters.
   NHK revised its plan last December, as requested by the communications ministry. The broadcaster reduced its online operations budget to 2.5 pct of viewing fee revenues, except for the funding of up to 2 billion yen for business related to the upcoming Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.