EU To Move Ahead With Cultural Quotas For Streaming Services (techcrunch.com) 350
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The European Union is set to move ahead with a plan to enforce pan-European quotas on streaming services like Amazon Prime Video and Netflix to support production of locally produced film and video content. Roberto Viola, the European Commission's directorate general of communication, networks, content and technology told Variety that the new rules are on track to be approved in December. The proposals will require that streaming services give over at least 30% of their on-demand catalogues to original productions made in each EU country where a service is provided (individual EU Member States could choose to set the content bar even higher, at 40%).
Streaming services will also have to ensure visibility and prominence for local content -- so no burying the 'European third' in a dingy corner of the site where no one will find it, let alone stream it. The EU lawmakers' intention is to stand up for cultural diversity against the might of Hollywood and the flattening power of platforms -- in the latter case by making platforms invest in local content production rather than just doing the easy thing of fencing yet more Marvel superhero movies.
Streaming services will also have to ensure visibility and prominence for local content -- so no burying the 'European third' in a dingy corner of the site where no one will find it, let alone stream it. The EU lawmakers' intention is to stand up for cultural diversity against the might of Hollywood and the flattening power of platforms -- in the latter case by making platforms invest in local content production rather than just doing the easy thing of fencing yet more Marvel superhero movies.
Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:5, Funny)
They will quickly find, much to their chagrin, that people will still end up watching Marvel movies rather than some movie about everyone in a French village being struck with a devastating plague of ennui.
cancon has been around for long time saga channel (Score:2)
cancon has been around for long time even saga channel had to have it.
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Yeah and cancon is pretty much reviled by most people in Canada, because it produces nothing of worthwhile. It's simply a waste of tax dollars to create/promote culture. Something that in and of itself is organic.
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They will quickly find, much to their chagrin, that people will still end up watching Marvel movies rather than some movie about everyone in a French village being struck with a devastating plague of ennui.
What kind of talk is that? We all know a central committee with a five year plan knows better what the consumer needs than th consumer himself. If the plan doesn't work perfectly, it can only be the fault of wreckers, or an unexpectedly cold winter.
The fact that this measure will divert large sums of money from big companies to friends of the decision makers is a total coincidence, of course, and this is totally not a tariff on digital goods. And even if it were a tariff, the current president of the US
Re:Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:5, Insightful)
We all know a central committee with a five year plan knows better what the consumer needs than the consumer himself.
You mean, like the board of a global mega-corporation? After all, the detachment of decision-making from reality and customer demand in large corporations isn't that much different from the detachment of communist governments from the people.
Also, the content of commercial productions is today totally dominated by the fear to try anything "original" that is too far off the mainstream, simply because return-on-investment isn't guaranteed and the 7th follow-up on a once successful movie is favored over any new story.
Re:Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:5, Insightful)
How is this supposed to work anyway? Say Netflix has 3000 films available for streaming today in a particular country. Replacing a third of them would mean needing to find 1000 local films, which would likely require scraping the bottom of the barrel in the case of countries that lack a film scene. That's already problematic enough as it is, but let's ignore it for the moment. More worrying is that in some of these countries, the film scene likely isn't large enough to warrant more than a handful of distributors for theatrically-released, domestic films. This law—at least as it's explained in the summary—would seat those distributors in a disproportionate and unfair position at the negotiating table, since they know that Netflix has no choice but to work with them. They're basically being given the tools to extort Netflix legally.
In many ways, this bears a striking similarity to another form of intellectual property: standards-essential patents that companies have no choice but to use if they want to build a product in that space. In the case of standards-essential patents, however, the rights holders are required to provide licenses for their patents under FRAND [wikipedia.org] terms in exchange for having their patents included in the standard. It seems to me like something similar should apply here: if the EU is effectively going to compel Netflix to license the rights to specific films, it's only fair that the rights holders to those films should be required to provide licenses under fair terms, lest they seek to take advantage of their propped up position.
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How is this supposed to work anyway? Say Netflix has 3000 films available for streaming today in a particular country. Replacing a third of them would mean needing to find 1000 local films, which would likely require scraping the bottom of the barrel in the case of countries that lack a film scene.
Or, if they already have 100 local films, simply reducing the catalog of everything else to 300 titles, rotated on a regular (perhaps even daily) basis.
Netflix and Amazon aren't going to be spending a dime more than they do now on European made stuff.
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Or, if they already have 100 local films, simply reducing the catalog of everything else to 300 titles, rotated on a regular (perhaps even daily) basis.
Netflix and Amazon aren't going to be spending a dime more than they do now on European made stuff.
You're thinking short term. Yes, it's easier for Netflix and others to comply by chopping the US content until the EU content ratio becomes high enough, but that's stage one. EU lawmakers think a bit farther ahead than that, and realise that longer term, Netflix et al will be more likely to add a new European movie/series if that also means they get to add another US movie/series that makes them money. So the long term result is that EU movies and series will have an easier time being accepted, and EU cul
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How is this supposed to work anyway? Say Netflix has 3000 films available for streaming today in a particular country. Replacing a third of them would mean needing to find 1000 local films, which would likely require scraping the bottom of the barrel in the case of countries that lack a film scene.
This all makes more sense if you assume that this is motivated as a subsidy forced on an American company as a tax. If you are Netflix and want to operate in France, you have to negotiate for French films, and then you are stuck negotiating with some jerk, smoking a Gauloises, demanding more for the streaming rights of a crummy French "art" film than it is worth. Can't get 30%, then you have to cut your catalog. The French filmmaker will know this and act accordingly. This is just a power/money grab.
Re:Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:4, Informative)
You can't have Sweden 30% Swedish + 30% German + 30% French + 30% Italian + 30% Spanish +...+
Just logically there are more than 4 countries in Europe, so the total would be over 100%.
Even EU bureaucracy isn't quite that bad,
yet.
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I highly doubt there would be, and certainly didn't say this was a good idea.
Just correcting an error.
It's not just films but video. So tv series would be included. Do those places make soap operas and local dramas etc? What is their current system of quotas?
Seems they can 'just pay a small fee' instead, if they can't do enough of the other qualifying things. You knew that obviously because you read the article before jumping in.
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.
Just in case you didn't.
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Indeed. But after Netflix and Amazon meet the 30% quote by reducing everything else down to twice as much as the locally produced stuff, Marvel (and other Disney pap) movies will be about all that's left to watch.
This will result in zero new production in Europe, and the increase in the streaming of European produced stuff will be lose in the noise.
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They will quickly find, much to their chagrin, that people will still end up watching Marvel movies rather than some movie about everyone in a French village being struck with a devastating plague of ennui.
In my limited exposure to French films, it seems that they are usually well made and photographed, but the dialog sucks or is unnecessarily obtuse.
That said, I liked Luc Bessons' Nikita [wikipedia.org] ("La Femme Nikita") about as much as the American remake Point of No Return [wikipedia.org], (although I do think the dialog is better written in the American version) as well as his Angel-A [wikipedia.org]. Hm, maybe just like films by Luc Besson ...
Re:Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:4, Insightful)
maybe just like films by Luc Besson ...
Luc Besson's work is kind of "as hollywoodesque as European films get".
A much better comparison would be the original 13 Tzameti [imdb.com] versus its terribly shallow US-remake 13 [imdb.com] (where even the title got overly simplified).
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Having seen Black Panther I think I'd go for the frogflick - it probably has a better plot & dialog plus a 75% chance of some gratuitous nudity.
Re: Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:5, Insightful)
Now one could argue that forcing Netflix to host 30% local content isn't the best way to go about it. But another goal of this rule is to ensure that local small productions can find their way into these powerhouse all-you-can-eat subscriptions. It's serving the long tail, something that Netflix has been particularly bad at in my country even when it comes to older content from the US. So yeah, let's legislate. But at the same time that local content should be licensed out at long tail prices as well...
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If small, local productions are good, why wouldn't netflix show them?
these streaming companies already do this. I saw films like Ida, Phoenix, Downfall and Personal Shopper on Netflix or Amazon.
The reality is that a lot of European movie production just isn't very good. There isn't a generation replacing Fellini, Bergman, Truffaut, Godard and Fassbinder. Or even Luc Besson and Paul Verhoeven. Nicolas Winding Refn is about the only very good European director with a few films to his name.
Korea and Mexico ar
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> local small productions can find their way
Screw local small productions
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Case in point, according to Wikipedia: "In 2000 the total revenue coming from box office results in the Netherlands was €128.5 million; Dutch films had a share of 5.5%, w
Re: Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:5, Informative)
There is no demand, but some people think that there is need.
You know, my three year old would only eat fruit bars and drink fruit juice if given the choice, but my wife and I insist that she eats actual fruits, yogurt, vegetables, and meat, once in a while.
Am I saying that European politicians look at their constituents the way adults look at toddlers? Maybe.
Do I want someone regulating what I watch? No.
Do I think that making content providers waste resources on something that their customers don't want will make their profit margins lower? Yes.
Do I think that the content created because of law prescribed quota will be any good? Not really.
Do I have a plan on how to balance appealing to the lowest human drives and elevating the human spirit? If I did, I would probably run for office.
But I don't... so I will stick to writing code, tsk-tsking at EU's legislation, and wondering whether I will live to see which of Idiocracy, Elisyum, Terminator or Metro 2033 will end up being prophetic.
I disagree (Score:3, Interesting)
It's like a garden full of Dandelions. They look nice and all but they're still weeds and they'll crowd out the rest of your followers.
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Do I want someone regulating what I watch? No.
Well, everything is still available, so it doesn't really matter.
Do I think that the content created because of law prescribed quota will be any good? Not really.
Well, on average, probably, but just look at the amount of Hollywood remakes of small european movies... Even those have a use in Hollywood when they have success and are original.
Re: Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:3, Funny)
You do know that movie is going to win three Academy Awards, right?
Re: Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:2)
My guess is that they are doing bulk licenses and exclusive licenses and not wanting to pay per viewing or likely even to let the other side even know how many times a show has been viewed. The long tail license holders likely also aren't interested in the tiny amount of money that they would be getting from Netflix. I've noticed a lot of movies on Netflix are movies which are part of a series where all parts of the series are not on Netflix. At $8 per subscriber and the average subscriber likely watchin
Re: Yeah I'm sure this will work. (Score:4, Insightful)
You do realize that the only reason the trade barriers were put in place was because the other country put their own trade barriers up first...right?
How the hell the parent was up-voted is beyond me.....*sigh*
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What are you smoking? Who has trade barriers against US steel and aluminum?
Who wants to drop out of the WTO so they can get away with putting up even more tariffs?
How the hell you were upvoted doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Ignorance is upvoted around here if it fits the groupthink.
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The metal tariffs aren't really retaliatory, they are protectionist.
Exactly.
That's why I said this
Says the Trump voter putting up trade barriers against the whole world...
In direct response to this
Can't compete? Legislate. It's the European way. Must be sad.
Whoever replied after that was clearly not paying attention to the discussion and just trolling away.
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Back when broadcast TV frequencies were a limited resource, I would have argued that this was legitimate to ensure that European content could get an airing.
However, streaming services are on the internet (by definition) and there isn't the same argument for such a quota.
Basically, they are trying to force consumers who are not interested in their arty-farty movies to pay for them. If I was Netflix, I would fill the 30% with extremely low-budget productions bought very cheaply to meet the auota. And never c
Tariffs (Score:3)
These aren't anything like tariffs, so it's perfectly fine to get red in the face at Trump over those.
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These aren't anything like tariffs, so it's perfectly fine to get red^h^h^h orange in the face at Trump over those.
FTFY
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Broadcast standards make sense because the airways are a limited resource subject to tragedy of the commons. Regulating the content of internet companies at this stage is just simple protectionism. Like tariffs, which is why I mention the T-man.
Catalogue reductions (Score:5, Insightful)
Such quotas can be enforced in two ways: increasing the amount of local contents (as desired by the EU) or reducing the amount of foreign content.
I predict massive reductions in the catalogue of Netflix in most European countries.
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I can sympathize with the goal - a pure, global free market does tend to mean that a handful of global content producers (i.e. Hollywood) will crush any kind of regional cultural diversity with their economies of scale.
But the obvious way to comply is to just add a lot of very cheap, low quality, locally produced filler. That's probably not what they're going for..
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Those things all happened while governments existed. Show me a counterpoint /s
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Such quotas can be enforced in two ways: increasing the amount of local contents (as desired by the EU) or reducing the amount of foreign content.
. . . I predict 30% cheap, locally produced . . . porn.
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I'm thinking that at any given time, the Hollywood stuff will be limited to about twice the local stuff that's available, but they'll rotate the catalog on a daily basis.
Which means TV Guide may be making a comeback.
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Regardless of whether or not they find viable loopholes, I can’t see this law benefitting consumers in any way.
Unitarity Violation (Score:2)
Such quotas can be enforced in two ways
Actually, there is only one way: you HAVE to cut content. The EU currently has 28 member countries and so if each of them has to have 30% local content then the ONLY way you can manage that is to restrict the content available in each country because if all the content you make is available in every country then any one country's share will be a lot less than 30%.
To make matters worse the EU has very strict rules against restricting services between countries so, if you only allow a show to be seen in c
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Woo hoo! (Score:5, Insightful)
Canada had something similar in place 30 years ago - it gave us such gems as SCTV's "Great White North" and the movie "Strange Brew". Thanks to that I learned the difference between back bacon and side bacon, and developed an appreciation for Molson's!
Take off, you Hollywood Hosers!
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I think you might want to look at the overall outcomes instead of picking out a single (I say single since the movie uses the same characters from Great White North) instance where it worked out well.
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I was actually trying to be funny, but obviously I failed miserably.
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Canada had something similar in place 30 years ago - it gave us such gems as SCTV's "Great White North" and the movie "Strange Brew".
What it gave us was more commercial runtime per show. Commercials made in Canada count as original Canadian content. TV show production companies actually want to have less commercial runtime per episode, but they can't because of the Canadian law. We all have to watch more commercials so that Canadians can enjoy enough Canadian commercial content.
What does it even mean to "give over 30%" (Score:4, Insightful)
I don't understand why technically Netflix is supposed to "give over" anything - can't they just ALSO host EU content? Is this rule really mandating that Netflix stop streaming some content even though technically they could steam any amount of content with enough server space?
I mean, over here in America I'd love to see this content also, let everyone see it!
I look forward to the new category in the Netflix TV app - right next to "Violent TV shows", or "Feel Good Reality TV" (both actual Netflix categories), they can add a new one "Dreck the EU Made Us Show You".
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Well, yeah. The 30% number insures that you would have to have a finite and probably much smaller catalog in europe than the US. Politicians in the EU are certifiably stupid. Of course, there's not much better in the US.
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The content still isn't free. And Netflix is put into a poor bargaining position with this - if the content is limited enough the EU studios are free to extort higher license fees. And to hit their quotas they will likely have to either increase subscription rates or shrink the catalog to stay competitive.
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Yup, we pay for that shite. I would like to see more French films myself.
Yes but (Score:2)
Question is, if european sourced content is so great, why bother with mandating netflix consume it? If the demand exists, why not create or fund a european service that sources primarily european entertainment?
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Such EU laws force investment in new EU content.
The paying for past EU movie and series to make up the "European sourced content"
People want to enjoy very different content but the EU govs will force support to flow back to the EU "arts".
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Because then the customer has to pay two subscriptions: one for netflix *and* one for the new european service.
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Movie that cost more to make than they bring in are called "failures."
And people who make them don't get to make any more, unless the government pays for it. That is called "socialism," which is another word for "welfare for people who can't hold down a real job flipping burgers." Which is another word for "failure."
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are my fries ready? I'm gonna complain to your boss if you serve them to me soggy again.
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Hollywood accounting is for hiding profits.
If there aren't any profits be cause nobody will watch your drek, there's no profits to hide.
Try to pay attention, son.
Unintended consequences (Score:4, Insightful)
EUphimism (Score:2)
I'm pretty sure that, in EU parlance, "locally created" is shorthand for made in Italy or France.
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Such protective EU laws keep an entire "arts" culture in work and working on EU gov enforced content creation.
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Just link to cool Malta videos [youtube.com] on YouTube.
Calling them "Culture Quotas" seems loaded (Score:4, Insightful)
And it's not so much that nobody watches the local content as it's that nobody'll produce it because why spend money making content for 2 markets when you can do it for one and folks will watch by default.
Hell, I wish we'd do this in America. Lately the dialog and plots in American movies suck balls because they have to be watered down to get past Chinese censors and/or be easy to dub over.
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Not that loaded. France has had similar quotas in place on broadcast systems for decades, specifically to maintain their culture.
True but France is kind of extreme (Score:2)
As long as its enforced like La Liga (Score:2)
Face value shows no more than 3 non EU players. With a billion and one loopholes and exceptions...
Sounds like Must Carry Mk II (Score:2)
"Must Carry" was the FCC approach to local channels in the U.S. It gave the cable carriers a mandate that, if the local channel wanted, they could force the cable carrier to carry their channel... at no cost.
Or... if the local channel insisted on being paid - keep in mind that the same channel is on the airwaves for "free", sponsored by advertising - then the cable carriers are not under that compulsion.
Of course the local channels get in battles over the carriage fee, and instead now want a large payment,
Google "Quota Quickies" (Score:2)
Antigeofencing? (Score:2)
Aren't there EU laws regarding not being allowed to geofence their service?
How do you give "30% local" to every EU country when you can't restrict the content by country?
Tne simplest solution (Score:2)
Netflix gets into the porn business in EU countries.
There are decades of "local" porn out of current EU members countries, and for all I know, lots of new ones being produced.
British TV (Score:2)
This is quite funny because there are several British TV shows I'd love to get here in the US but can't because of licensing issues. I'd love me some Red Dwarf but can't get it here in the US.
I tried to go the UKTV streaming service and could get it here is Western US because their registration process requires a valid GB mail code.
Mathematical Possibility Is Hazy... (Score:2)
Hold up. 30% of their content must come from each EU country.
28÷3 = 9.3
So either each country’s originals are banned from viewing in other countries, this law needs amending, or the math says they need ten times more content, without increasing their supply of content. The math simply can’t work as presented in the summary.
From Variety,
Law of unintended consequences (Score:4, Insightful)
What the EU intends: TV shows that remain faithful to the vision of each country's own distinct culture.
What will really happen: Netflix films 20 new TV shows based on... what else... Marvel or DC Comics, but has them produced in the EU instead of the US or Canada. Except they all follow Hollywood norms, have casts fluent in English & are produced IN English(*) so they can be directly monetized as-is in the US and internationally, and end up practically extinguishing what's left of that country's "culturally distinct" film industry (because everyone involved with the country's film/tv industry ends up being too busy chasing after Netflix's money).
Oh... and lots of low-budget reality-TV and game shows, because they're just about the only kind of show you CAN profitably make if your total market and language community only has a few million potential viewers.
The thing lots of people overlook is that "Hollywood" isn't a place. It's not even necessarily AMERICAN anymore. It's a business model that has proven over time to be wildly profitable & has spread over the globe.
Case in point: how would you classify the nationality of a TV show like "Game of Thrones"? Most of its cast members are European. Practically every scene was filmed in Europe. The CGI and production are done in Europe.
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(*) Or possibly, shoot scenes involving visibly-spoken dialogue twice, back to back... once in English, and once in the country's official language. It would cost more, but not THAT MUCH more since you'd be using the same cast (they're all bilingual, remember), the same CGI, and could do the editing workflow in parallel... and you'd end up with two versions, both of which were a first-quality original shot in their respective languages.
I can't cite any specific examples, but I'm pretty sure this is ALREADY happening with big-budget Hollywood films co-produced with Chinese studios... two directors & casts [possibly with a few actors shared by both], shooting back to back using the same sets, extras, and CGI.
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Because quotas worked out so well for the BBC.
Busy man (Score:2)
He can't have much free time if he's an entire department by himself.
Canada tried this too with Netflix (Score:2)
Not sure if this law actually got passed here or not, but I had a simple suggestion for Netflix. Just allow locals to post their own videos in a YouTube like section on the site. It won't take long to get thousands of videos that fill the quotas that the government wants. If you want local culture, then local people should produce it.
Meanwhile, in the UK... (Score:3)
The BBC produces a plethora of worthwhile content that not only stands and competes on its own merits; but is so sought-after that many people don't even wait for it to be legitimately available.
Even in the '90s, before moving large video files around on the internet was feasible; things like Red Dwarf and old-school Doctor Who had huge and thriving bootleg PAL to NTSC converted VHS scenes. And when they re-introduced Doctor Who in 2005? Well, more than a few people started using BitTorrent that year, because BBC America was not available in their cable market at the time. Then there's Top Gear, Torchwood, Broadchurch, AbFab, Graham Norton, and Downton Abby, the original versions of The Office, Queer as Folk, and Skins, and of course the various iterations of BBC News.
But no, EU; don't bother producing good content that can stand on it's own. Abuse the law to force crap content that no one wants on people. I'd bet if you find the money trail and follow it; there'd be some nicely large campaign contributions at the end.
Anime (Score:4, Interesting)
NOOOOOO!!!! PLEEASE GOOOD.... NOOOOO!!!!! (Score:3)
Please stop this now!
Coming from a relatively small country that produces only boring dramas and cheap, cheesy wannabe-hollywoodesque crap, this would be the end of all decent programming. Since my country is so small, there isn't enough titles to form the 30%, so Netflix and HBO would have to make up for it by removing existing titles and replacing it with utter shite.
NOOO!!!!
Re:Sweet fucking Jesus they're dumb (Score:4, Informative)
How long before companies just stand up and say "No" to this kind of buttinsky BS?
Won't happen. Because money.
We've already seen how companies are all too willing to bend over for the Chinese govt in order to gain access to that huge market. I'm sure this will be the same. Netflix or Prime won't want to give their competitors an edge in the EU market.
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Europe isn't a backwater, although I doubt you can find it on a map.
I can find it just fine. It's the plot of land between Norway and Africa, between the Atlantic Ocean and Russia. It's the continent that's slowly being colonized by Islamists...
So, if it isn't a backwater now? Just wait a generation. It soon will be.
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That's because their "pussy ass" cops are brave enough to go mano-a-mano with armed suspects/citizens. They are much better trained and those few who are trained to wield guns are much more experienced and know when not to use them (most of the time).
They don't "fear for their lives" and empty their guns into an 88 year old 70 lb woman (like 'murican cops would) because she was hobbling toward them in an threatening manner, US cops are the pussies, you're just too enamored with seeing them as "heroes" to r
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Also, with shit like this, doesn't it put a lie to globalism?
If we're all "one world", why does the government need to FORCE a content-oriented business to make localized content in this manner?
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You can't expect them to create anti-Islamic programming; That would cause people to get killed.
And worse, cause elected officials to lose re-election.
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Hollywood has been spreading anti-religous bigotry for many decades. Also, Western Europe has been moving away from Christianity for generations. Neither has made people more egalitarian or happy.
really?? see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] 17 countries ranked higher than the US. 12 of them were from europe.
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Alex Jones? Is that you? You don't have to be shy, you can post under your usual handle (transLoverButCloseted).
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(Turkey is not part of the EU, and also currently has a terrible movie industry, not least because it serves the exaggerated nationalism of the Erdogan regime.)
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Maybe that's why some US shows are filmed in Canada?
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A lot of US shows are filmed in Canada because certain Canadian cities have made themselves friendly to filming, and certain American cities have made themselves obnoxious.
Apparently a lot of New York scenes are filmed in Toronto or Montreal because the images of many buildings in New York are copyrighted.
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fuck drumpft! And fuck you too!
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drumpft?
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Why are you assuming that they don't want to watch local content? It isn't as if Hollywood produces the highest quality entertainment on the planet. It is the most expensive, like our health care, expensive and shitty outcomes.
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Because if everyone wanted to watch local content, they wouldn't have to force Netflix to carry it at gunpoint.
If there's enough demand for something, Netflix will carry it, just to make money doing so. You'll only have to force them if what you're requiring is that they show something that will lose money....
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Hmm. I don't recall Netflix _ever_ sending me a survey asking me what I want to watch. They post stuff, I either watch it or I don't, they really really have never asked me. If they don't put up the content, they won't know if anyone wants to watch it. I think it is very provincial to assume that everyone on the entire planet wants to watch 'murican shows.
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Then the EU law makers will start demanding that the content has to be "new" productions to ensure more EU wide employment.
Streaming services will create the lowest cost soap opera, dramas and EU home renovation reality shows. In different EU nations to spread the new gov enforced work around.
The EU will then demand a quality of EU nation "culture" has t
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All Goosio, all the time.
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Maybe they rejected your review because they know you only watched 3 minutes of it and that's not very useful.