US EditionStreaming Services Will Be Made to Produce Australian Content
Streaming platforms with over 1 million Australian subscribers must invest 10% of local expenditure or 7.5% of revenue in Australian content to support local jobs and culture.
- Soon, the Albanese government will introduce legislation requiring streaming services with more than one million Australian subscribers to invest at least 10 per cent of their expenditure or 7.5 per cent of their revenue on local content.
- Amid pressure from the arts sector, Arts Minister Tony Burke and Communications Minister Anika Wells said the reform protects acting jobs and guarantees Australian stories as part of the Albanese government's five-year revive plan.
- The bill leaves auditing and spend definitions to be finalised in Parliament, while Communications Minister Anika Wells cited Bluey, Boy Swallows Universe and The Narrow Road to the Deep North, and Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video and Stan are expected to absorb the rules.
- Screen Producers Australia hailed the announcement as "an enormously significant moment" that will boost the Australian screen and arts workforce and make local stories part of the price of entry.
- Regulators note the sector's differing business models complicate regulation, with recent concerns about legal challenges and retaliatory tariffs under the AUS Free Trade Agreement and Trump administration, while debates over quota levels persist.
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Australia Moves Ahead With Streamer Quotas to Boost Local Storytelling
Australia has finally pulled the trigger on long-mooted streaming quotas, confirming a landmark bill that will compel streaming platforms including Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Stan to invest a fixed share of their Australian revenue or expenditure into homegrown programming. The bill, to be introduced this week, will require major streamers to allocate […]
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The Sunday Guardian LiveAustralia to mandate streaming services invest at least 10% of expenditure in local content
In a transformative move for the Australian entertainment landscape, the government is enforcing new legislation that mandates streaming providers to channel funds into local content. With a minimum requirement of 10% of expenditure or 7.5% of revenue earmarked for Australian dramas, kids' shows, documentaries, and arts programs, this legislation champions the cultivation of original Australian tales.
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