Netflix Loses First Round in Battle Against EU Rules Requiring Streamers to Fund Local Productions
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The Constitutional Court of Belgium has rejected a legal challenge by Netflix, which had appealed against the implementation of European Union rules that require streaming platforms to fund local productions in French-speaking Belgium. The potentially landmark case centers on a 2023 law decree issued by the small Wallonia-Brussels Federation, which is one of the three […]
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Mar 27, 2026 6:37am PT Netflix Loses First Round in Battle Against EU Rules Requiring Streamers to Fund Local Productions By Nick Vivarelli Plus Icon Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent @NickVivarelli Latest Alexander Kluge, New German Cinema Pioneer, Dies at 94 2 hours ago Turkish TV Series ‘Vendetta’ Expands Global Footprint With Sales Reaching 70 Countries 23 hours ago Aurelio De Laurentiis to Bow Napoli Soccer Doc in U.S. With L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Expected to Attend 1 day ago See All The Constitutional Court of Belgium has rejected a legal challenge by Netflix , which had appealed against the implementation of European Union rules that require streaming platforms to fund local productions in French-speaking Belgium. The potentially landmark case centers on a 2023 law decree issued by the small Wallonia-Brussels Federation, which is one of the three federated communities of Belgium and home to 4.6 million French-speaking residents of Brussels and Wallonia. The Wallonia-Brussels Federation had stated that streamers including Netflix and Disney + were required to increase their investment to support local French-language content from 2.2% of their turnover in the region to 9.5% by 2027. Related Stories France TV Distribution Closes U.S., Canada, U.K. With Walter Presents on Singular French Procedural ‘Curious by Nature’
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