Can't download from NHK Video anymore

[nickdrake90]

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[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.03
[debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
...
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• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Previously NHK Video on Demand was able to be downloaded, only up until recently youtube-dl failed to do so. Below is the example bug:

youtube-dl -F https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/tsukiji/2054040/
[NhkVod] tsukiji/2054040: Downloading JSON metadata
[Ooyala] VwZTMyYjE6KHDA7jQXifYXVo5QmAWD8-: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: VwZTMyYjE6KHDA7jQXifYXVo5QmAWD8-: Failed to parse JSON (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

youtube-dl -F --verbose https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/tsukiji/2054040/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-F', '--verbose', 'https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/tsukiji/2054040/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.03
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[NhkVod] tsukiji/2054040: Downloading JSON metadata
[Ooyala] VwZTMyYjE6KHDA7jQXifYXVo5QmAWD8-: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: VwZTMyYjE6KHDA7jQXifYXVo5QmAWD8-: Failed to parse JSON (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 690, in parse_json
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json_init.py", line 318, in loads
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 690, in parse_json
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json_init.py", line 318, in loads
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 440, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\ooyala.py", line 170, in _real_extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\ooyala.py", line 27, in _extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 684, in _download_json
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp0wqp9d0n\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 694, in _parse_json
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: VwZTMyYjE6KHDA7jQXifYXVo5QmAWD8-: Failed to parse JSON (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

[dstftw]

Post the output with --dump-pages.