ネット配信、ＮＨＫの必須業務に　改正放送法が成立

　ＮＨＫ番組のインターネット配信を放送と同じ「必須業務」と位置付ける改正放送法が、１７日の参院本会議で与党などの賛成多数により可決、成立した。情報入手の手段がテレビからネットに移行する中、テレビを持たない人でも、スマートフォンなどを通じて安定的にＮＨＫの番組を視聴できるようにするのが狙い。
　対象業務は、番組の同時・見逃し配信と関連情報の配信。実施をＮＨＫの判断に委ねる「任意業務」から、放送と同様、義務とされる「必須業務」に格上げする。スマホやパソコンで配信番組の視聴手続きをした人は、テレビを持っていなくてもＮＨＫと受信契約を結ぶことが必要になる。（2024/05/17-12:29）

Japan's parliament Friday enacted a bill to make webcasts of television programs mandatory for public broadcaster NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., just like conventional broadcasting.
   The bill to revise the broadcasting law was approved by a majority vote with support mainly from the ruling camp at a plenary meeting of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, following its passage through the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, last week.
   With more and more people now obtaining information through the internet rather than TV, the bill aims to enhance the watching of NHK programs on smartphones, including by people without TVs.
   Both simultaneous and missed-program distribution will be provided online, as well as program-related information. For NHK, the provision of such services will be required, rather than optional. Users of NHK's online services will be obliged to subscribe to the broadcaster, even if they do not have TVs.