imikotoba 🏴❤️🇯🇵Bah. #NHKOnDemand on Amazon Silk browser on #FireTV stopped working, timing suggests a side effect of them breaking #Chromecast from early April:
“Ｃｈｒｏｍｅｃａｓｔのキャスト機能終了について
2026年4月上旬から、Chromecast を利用したテレビ画面等へのキャスト機能はご利用いただけなくなります。”
@wilpercy I think we’ll catch up in a week once it is is available on #NHKOnDemand - with the luxury of being able to skip anything truely intolerable, or rewind the best bits to play again. I gather there’s an Anpanman segment…
@tokyobybike I’m Disappointed that #NHKOnDemand service has degraded to videos going up a week after broadcast (no price reduction), so no more following the "76th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen" during the holiday season 🤷 #kohaku
Just renewed our #SurfShark #VPN subscription for another two years. Doing a manual renewal for 24 months was practically the same price as the currently advertised in the Black Friday sale (£1.50+VAT a month but for 27 months).
We use this almost exclusively for watching (the Japanese television paid service) #NHKOnDemand from the UK 🇯🇵📺🇬🇧
This #Japanese puppet show which reminded me of #GerryAnderson was プリンプリン物語 "Purin Purin Monogatari" https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E and it is currently on #NHKOnDemand https://www.nhk-ondemand.jp/goods/G2017080176SA000/
#CultureShock for our younger child this holiday: Broadcast TV where you can’t freely choose (beyond the channels), can’t pause, and can’t resume or play the next episode when by chance you find something good. #JapaneseTV vs #NHKOnDemand (what we have at home)
I can tick off one of my pre-trip chores - got the #VPN working on macOS laptop (using #IKEv2 which is built in rather than installing some extra app), tested with Edinburgh (for BBC iPlayer #BBCiPlayer, kids love Bluey etc) and Tokyo (for NHK On Demand #NHKOnDemand, but won't need the VPN for that while in Japan)
Sad that #JSTV has shut down https://www.jstv.co.uk/ with no official NHK over internet replacement. The official way to watch #NHK World Premium in UK is now via FreeView https://nhkworldpremium.com/en/information/68 at £20/month, but I'm not faffing about with aerials and more wires.
Plan B is using the #NHKOnDemand website on FireTV, ¥990/month plus VPN, less than half the price. Clunky but seems to work.