The New Zealand screen producers’ guild Spada has accelerated the push for government to regulate international streaming platforms, bolstered by the passing of Australian streaming legislation last month.
While the neighbouring territories enjoy close coproduction relationships and reciprocal content licensing ties which count towards free-to-air broadcasting quotas for the Australian market, the regulation of the markets are distinct and the introduction of streaming regulation in Australia could have adverse consequences for copro or second window licensing deals in New Zealand.
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