French fear ‘cultural dumping’ from Netflix’s EU expansion

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Publication Date 31/07/2014
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Netflix’s international expansion became an issue for France. On the 20 May 2014, the video-on-demand (VoD) provider and leader of the US streaming market announced that it would launch services in six more European countries by the end of 2014, including France and Germany.

On the 31 July 2014 EurActive reported that France feared that Nexflix European affiliate, based in the Netherlands, would damage the French audiovisual industry.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/french-fear-cultural-dumping-netflixs-eu-expansion-303823
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Netflix: Media Center: Press release, 31.07.14: Netflix to launch in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Luxembourg in late 2014 https://pr.netflix.com/WebClient/getNewsSummary.do?newsId=1251
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