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Motion Picture Association Warns Canada, Australia Mandates Could Divert U.S. Content Investment
Summary
The Motion Picture Association told a House subcommittee that Canada’s and Australia’s new local‑content investment requirements and nationality rules threaten U.S. streaming exports and called for a Section 301 probe to enforce U.S. trade obligations.
Anissa Brennan, senior vice president of global policy and federal affairs for the Motion Picture Association, told the House Ways and Means subcommittee that new local‑content mandates in Canada and Australia threaten U.S. streaming companies and creative jobs.
Brennan said Canada’s Online Streaming Act gives the Canadian broadcast regulator authority to require U.S. streaming firms to pay a portion of revenues into government‑approved…
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