Netflix Loses First Round in Battle Against EU Rules Requiring Streamers to Fund Local Productions

Variety · 2026-03-27
Netflix Loses First Round in Battle Against EU Rules Requiring Streamers to Fund Local Productions

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 issue