Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentA group of Portuguese filmmakers took to the streets on Tuesday to protest new local film and TV legislation being voted on in parliament, which they claim will give foreign streaming giants an unfair advantage within the country’s film landscape.Portugal is among the first countries in Europe to implement the European Union’s recently approved Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), which obligates foreign streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to invest a portion of their revenue into local productions.
Now that Brussels has approved the AVMS, parliaments across Europe must transpose it into law by 2021.A crowd of people comprising Portuguese producers, directors, actors.
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