NHK+ (2020 - 2025)

nhk+ put japan's public broadcaster on the internet in april 2020, live and with a week of catch-up, free to anyone whose household already paid the reception fee. it reached 6.68 million registered ids. on 1 october 2025 a change to the broadcast law turned internet distribution into an obligation rather than a favor, and nhk answered by merging five of its apps into one called nhk one. the…