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Netflix Lodges Appeal to France’s Council of State Over Windowing Rules: ‘Taking a Stand Against an Imbalanced and Unfair System’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix has lodged an appeal to the France's Council of State over windowing rules which force the streamer to wait 15 months to access films.
Even though they’ve pointed out that they spent more money than any other services, French film orgs have argued that Netflix would need to commit to a higher investment percentage in theatrical movies in order to be granted the 12-month window they have been lobbying for. We’ve also ramped up our commitment to French cinema, with over 50 million euros invested every year since 2022 in theatrically released films—from the lavish historical world of Jeanne du Barry to the powerful Flo, from the laugh-out-loud comedy of Les Segpa au ski to the edge-of-your-seat thrills of Vermines. As a responsible partner, we were the first streaming service to sign the media chronology and a bilateral agreement with French cinema unions — because we believe in showing up for storytellers and we want to enable local creative success.
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