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> The government will move this week to block the Coimisiun na Mean from imposing a so-called Netflix levy on streamers, in response to concerns that it will be deeply unpopular with the public.
> Patrick O’Donovan, the minister for culture and arts, is expected to bring a memo to cabinet on Tuesday to prevent the media regulator from imposing a content levy without government approval.
> The levy would apply on streaming services operating in the Irish market, with the groundwork for the plans laid out by the previous government.
Deeply unpopular is putting it mildly; Netflix is already outrageously priced without an arbitrary levy attached.
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Don’t have an IT subscription so what’s this about?
> The government will move this week to block the Coimisiun na Mean from imposing a so-called Netflix levy on streamers, in response to concerns that it will be deeply unpopular with the public.
> Patrick O’Donovan, the minister for culture and arts, is expected to bring a memo to cabinet on Tuesday to prevent the media regulator from imposing a content levy without government approval.
> The levy would apply on streaming services operating in the Irish market, with the groundwork for the plans laid out by the previous government.
Deeply unpopular is putting it mildly; Netflix is already outrageously priced without an arbitrary levy attached.