EU plan to ban geoblocking will lead to dull content, warn film-makers

I'll risk saying that content is dull already for years and productions that want to really show an interesting story or concepts instead of corporate "informing" are like needles in a haystack

Geoblocking allows e.g. streaming companies to prepare a less attractive media catalogue that goes by same price where content is more generous. Access to media should be same for the whole continent or at least within EEA.

Besides, this text seems to be also a hidden ad for Holland's film.

The counter, and more optimistic, take on this would be that there would be higher demand for niche cinema because the audience would grow.

If the latest Czech drama or Estonian horror movie got into the zeitgeist because of international simultaneous release then that's a good thing no? The smaller markets would be able to compete more.

Take Squid Game as an example, a very weird and particularly South Korean creation got the reaction it did because of Netflix's release strategy.

lol - I'm shocked that they are pledging to make content more dull than the dreck they have been churning out already!

Today's licensing deals generally prevent any players from doing a simultaneous EU release with no geo-blocking.

This proposed law effectively forces these deals to be rewritten.

Nice to see moves toward an actual single-market.

Finally! Lame excuses to keep the status quo that forces us to use VPNs.