The 6% quota in co-official languages ​​will not affect Netflix or HBO

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  • The Government specifies, after obtaining ERC’s yes to the Budgets, that the European directive prevents international platforms from applying national legislation

  • The percentage should be assumed by the operators based in Spain. The international ones, on the other hand, will have to contribute to the financing of RTVE

The Netflix, HBO Max or Amazon Prime catalog does not have to change once the new General Audiovisual Communication Law (LGCA) is approved, which the Government approved this Tuesday in the Council of Ministers for referral to the Courts. International platforms are not affected by the 6% quota of production in co-official languages ​​that the Executive agreed with ERC a week ago in exchange for its support to the General State Budgets for 2022. Those who will have the obligation to create works in Catalan , Galician or Basque will be the national operators, such as Movistar +, Filmin, FlixOlé, MiTele —the Mediaset platform, owner of Telecinco and Cuatro— or Atresplayer (provider in streaming of Atresmedia that owns Antena 3 and La Sexta).

The Government clarified this Tuesday the ends of the audiovisual bill that is already being sent to Congress for processing, and it did so at a key point, in which ERC put the accent in recent months, on the protection of co-official languages. The first vice president, Nadia Calviño, did not detail it in her initial presentation at the press conference after the Council of Ministers, and dodged the direct question of the press, but later sources from her environment clearly specified the outline of the norm and rejected that could force multinationals like Netflix, HBO or Amazon Prime Video. It is not possible, they justified, because the European Union imposes it, and that point cannot be modified via amendment as it passes through Congress or the Senate.

Reference-www.elperiodico.com

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