Belgian court rejects Netflix appeal against streaming obligations in landmark case

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A Belgian court has rejected an appeal by Netflix to scrap a law imposing financial obligations on streamers in the country’s French-speaking Wallonia-Brussels region.   Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/belgian-court-rejects-netflix-appeal-against-streaming-obligations-in-landmark-case/5215256.article

Netflix Opens New Warsaw Office as Co-CEO Greg Peters Is “Excited to Expand Our Presence in Poland”

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The location includes Netflix’s only technology hub outside of the U.S. and “the creative team driving its ambitious Central and Eastern Europe content slate.”   Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-new-warsaw-office-poland-expansion-greg-peters-1236551477/

How the African Screen Industries Are Turning to Tech — and Each Other — to Adapt to Market Turbulence: ‘Every Fight Is a New Fight’

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As South African film and TV industry workers continued to grapple with the fallout from Canal+’s abrupt decision to shutter homegrown streaming service Showmax this week, one question seemed to be on the lips of every attendee at the JBX … Continued