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Netflix also must contend with the fact that French audiovisual laws require local broadcasters to invest significant sums in domestic content. However, Les Ech
by Ecio78 12y ago
Netflix also must contend with the fact that French audiovisual laws require local broadcasters to invest significant sums in domestic content. However, Les Echos newspaper has suggested Netflix might get around this by basing the service in Luxembourg.
Actually Netflix is already based in Luxembourg for its European activities and there have been news that they're going to move to Netherlands:
http://www.wort.lu/en/business/move-to-the-netherlands-netflix-to-give-up-luxembourg-hq-537b643ab9b3988708027f67 http://www.wort.lu/en/business/move-to-the-netherlands-netfl...
- dorfsmay 12y agoAren't there equivalent laws in Canada (minimum canadian content)? Netflix is available in Canada.
- Pxtl 12y agoThe CRTC has basically washed their hands any internet content. They worry about the internet itself, but not the actual stuff you put on it the way they worry about radio/cable/broadcast content. It's naive and inconsistent but as a Netflix fan I can't really complain about it. To their credit, Netflix does license a bunch of Canadian content from the CBC and Global TV, which shows a good-faith attempt to provide Canadian content. I doubt they pay much for it though, and I doubt their ratio matches the CRTC's requirements.