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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
So, we agree, Sephi is attempting to make something out of nothing.
Fab, that's that cleared up then
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Yes, I think Seph is over-egging the pudding here. Even when we were inside the single market, France’s language promotion rules limited the opportunities for English-language content to get broadcast on French media. Once we’re outside these arrangements, Netflix will find a way round it - they’re driven by viewer demand so they’re not going to stop providing desired content to European audiences just because of quota rules. As a minimum they can simply stuff their catalogue with cheap Euro-crud to keep the proportion within the prescribed limits.
In practice a lot of Netflix’s English language content is made in Eastern Europe already because the tax breaks are attractive and there are much larger areas of unspoiled wilderness, plus towns and villages whose architecture lends itself to period dramas and young adult fantasy. And, not to turn this into another TV license thread, but the the BBC’s funding model does ensure there are many more opportunities for domestic commissions than the size of our media market would be on purely commercial terms.