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Netflix & Big Streaming Beasts To Fall Under UK Regulatory System For First Time; Broadcasting White Paper Set To Revamp “Decades-Old” PSB Laws

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Netflix and other big streaming beasts are to fall under strict UK regulation for the first time as the government says it will revamp the “decades-old” laws that govern Public Service Broadcasting (PSB).Streamers operating in the UK could be fined up to 5% of their revenues if they are found guilty of showcasing harmful content, according to a landmark White Paper from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which signalled a range of updates to the laws governing broadcasting and production that will be presented to the UK’s Parliament next month and are likely come into force in 2024.UK regulator Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code only really governs the major broadcasters, while there is a light-touch regulatory approach to Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video — and Netflix and AppleTV+ don’t fall within it at all.That is set to change with a new Video-on-Demand Code that will give UK viewers the power to complain to Ofcom if they see something that they believe is harmful in a streamer show.The new code will ensure “VoD services, which target and profit from UK audiences,” are “subject to stricter rules protecting UK audiences from harmful material,” added the DCMS.The move is part of the plan to revamp “decades-old laws to help our Public Service Broadcasters complete in the internet age and usher in a new golden age for British TV and radio,” according to Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.

Her critics may suggest the decision to freeze the BBC licence fee for two years and sign off on the decision to sell Channel 4 could in fact do the opposite.Also within the White Paper, strict quotas and rules that govern the commissioning decisions made by the PSBs are to be relaxed.The DCMS said the new remit for PSBs

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