cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64004969

“We’re in danger of having no public service broadcasting within a decade, certainly within 20 years,” he says. “We don’t have a strategy for their survival. It’s that serious. The regulators need to start thinking about it.”

Do we want a future where European media is dominated by US streamers like Netflix and YouTube, and European broadcasters are a shadow of their former selves or have even ceased to exist?

  • Libb@jlai.lu
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    21 hours ago

    Ask France, maybe? The French ‘exception culturelle’ law is doing a lot of work to protect local/French productions (and not just TV) against US dominance. Not always for the best mind you, but that’s another question ;)

    • klu9@lemmy.caOP
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      21 hours ago

      The devil is in the details, but the general idea could be useful.