The European VOD Coalition, which represents the likes of Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount, claims a plan to create a 6% streamer levy in Denmark will devastate the country’s creative sector.
A statement released today slammed the proposed to create a ‘Cultural Contribution Act’ and urged the new Danish government to “show leadership and true support for its production ecosystem by rethinking” it, and specifically dropping the streamer tax.
Denmark has been beset by problems in its production and creative sectors this year, with a standoff between directors, writers and actors unions and streamers such as Netflix and Viaplay erupting earlier this year.
That conflict, added to the proposed levy, had meant the SVoD services had collectively pulled back from all commissioning, though local broadcaster TV2 and Viaplay struck short-term agreement with Create Denmark and Netflix followed suit by striking a new deal last week.
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