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Disney EMEA President Takes Aim At France’s “Uniquely Complicated & Complex” Film & TV Ecosystem
Jan Koeppen described French audiovisual landscape as complicated, saying: “It restricts competition, and it restricts consumer choice."
France ’s state-backed film and TV financing ecosystem, which is underpinned by investment obligations for all content distributors and strict media chronology laws, is the envy of audiovisual professionals worldwide around the world. Disney ’s EMEA boss Jan Koeppen revealed near irritation with France’s protective system in an interview with the FT on Friday, in which he laid out$5B content investment plans for Europe. Any move to shorten the windows in favor of the global platforms is likely to meet with pushback from France’s powerful exhibition sector, which says the gaps are key to maintaining a strong theatrical box office.
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