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Local Product Quotas for Netflix, Amazon to Become Law, EU Official Says

posted by martyb on Tuesday September 04 2018, @02:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the 30%-locally-sourced dept.

chromas writes:

From Variety:

Quotas obligating Netflix, Amazon and other streaming services operating in the European Union to dedicate at least 30% of their on-demand catalogs to local content are set to become enshrined in law soon.

Roberto Viola, head of the European Commission department that regulates communications networks, content and technology, said the new rules, which will also demand visibility and prominence of European product on streamers, are on track to be approved in December.

"We just need the final vote, but it's a mere formality," he told Variety at the Venice Film Festival.

Netflix, Amazon and other streamers will be required to fund TV series and films produced in Europe by commissioning content, acquiring it or paying into national film funds through a small surcharge added to their subscription fee, something which is already happening in Germany. Netflix tried unsuccessfully to fight the German surcharge in court.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 05 2018, @01:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 05 2018, @01:50AM (#730585)

    it's about the human condition, relationships, ethical dilemma's and so on.

    How does that make them not good? I for one like artistic efforts that have something to say about the human condition and ethics.

    That said, I'm also someone who would if I could take the Hollywood action blockbuster to its logical conclusion, and create a film entitled Blowing Stuff Up: It would be a sequence of car chases, explosions, fight scenes, gun battles, etc with absolutely no attempt to provide any kind of justification for why any of it was happening or why you should care about any of the people involved.

    So MythBusters?