EU States Could Force Streaming Services to Fund European Content

EU lawmakers and member states struck a preliminary deal that will allow countries to force online streaming services including Netflix and Amazon’s video service to help fund European films and TV shows. The new law extends the European Union’s broadcasting rules to online video services and includes a quota of 30 percent for European works on video-on-demand platforms, the European Parliament said.

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