Netflix, Disney, and other streaming services have mounted a legal challenge to a rule that forces them to donate 5 percent of their Canadian revenues to subsidize different kinds of made-in-Canada content, including local news and content created by and for various diverse “equity-deserving” groups.
The Motion Picture Association–Canada (MPA–Canada), which represents the interests of Netflix, Disney, Sony, Paramount, Universal, and Warner Bros. Discovery (including HBO) in the Canadian market, said on July 4 that it had filed two petitions with Canada’s Federal Court of Appeals challenging the regulation, which it accused of being discriminatory.
