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kuu | 2 years ago

> despite Netflix investing in Spanish content

They are obligated by law to create this content

See: https://www.innovationmcc.com/post/spain-will-now-protect-it...

> "Towards the end of 2018, European Parliament approved a law that requires all platforms that provide audiovisual content throughout the continent to have at least 30% European productions within their programming."

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badestrand|2 years ago

Wow, I never heard about that and I suspect it's not well-known at all inside the EU.

joebiden2|2 years ago

It is so well known that it's common to automatically skip content from within the EU. It's usually low-quality fund-farming subpar filler stuff. The most notable exception are spanish films, and those from lesser-known EU countries. Anything from france and germany is almost by definition trash.

In other words: no different than almost all efforts of the EU to "regulate the market" instead of creating incentives.

My family is in the process of finding the best suitable and possible emigration target. Unfortunately this is common. The hardest problem are family ties and care of our parents :/

If your downvoting because of derailing the thread, I deserve it, go on. I'm just frustrated how the EU is, at least from the perspective of my bubble, losing almost every game it wants to play.

mablopoule|2 years ago

It is at least well known in France that tv channels ought to produce or broadcast a minimum percentage of french show.

gbil|2 years ago

I would say it is known and while they are obliged in a way to do it, I don't believe any other streaming service is doing it in the scale that Netflix does

kuu|2 years ago

Well, I'm from inside EU and I know it (:

smeagull|2 years ago

They could just restrict content libraries in Europe until they hit 30%