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    ‘Bluey’ For All: Australia to Force Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video to Spend 7.5 Percent of Revenue on Local Content
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    ‘Bluey’ For All: Australia to Force Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video to Spend 7.5 Percent of Revenue on Local Content


    ‘Bluey’ For All: Australia to Force Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video to Spend 7.5 Percent of Revenue on Local Content

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    2. SquirrelAkl on

      Good to see Aus laying down some requirements for these behemoth companies. Australia creates some good content.

      And Bluey is the best thing on tv. (I don’t even have kids! It’s just a great 5-min feel-good pick-me-up when I’ve had a shitty day adulting.)

    4. PrincessCG on

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      Good! Bluey is our most watched tv show. I have no shame in saying I’ve watched it without my kids. Repeatedly.

    5. truckstick_burns on

      > The legislation would mandate any streaming services with more than a million Australian subscribers must produce Australian drama, children’s, documentary, arts or educational programs.

      I’m not sure of the details but it the past these types of requirements have been meet with cheaper “reality shows” that really contributed absolutely nothing.

      All the best Australian media has come from the traditional methods of financing, but here’s hoping the big streamers actually put some effort in this time.

    6. Justin_123456 on

      The problem is that these companies hate obeying local content laws, and the current administration abets them in their lawbreaking. Netflix et. al spent millions lobbying and spreading misinformation, trying to kill Canadian Content requirements, and still aren’t complying.

      No they’re trying to break the enforcement system.

      Donald Trump made killing Canada’s digital services tax a precondition for any trade negotiations, after the Americans illegally imposed tariffs in violation of CUSMA.

    7. soganomitora on

      It’s nuts how America discusses Bluey like it’s the only thing Australia does lol.

      TBH though, i don’t think this will create some golden age of Australian streaming. We already have it in laws that broadcasted shows must be a certain percentage of Australian-made content, but execs get around it by just churning out endless cheap reality shows

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