MPs call for streaming levy to help UK TV industry

The UK must protect its drama sector

Major streamers such as Netflix should pay a levy to fund uniquely British television

Wolf Hall director on streaming levies: 'The government needs the guts to stand up to the bully in the White House'

The director of hit BBC period drama Wolf Hall says the government "needs to have enough guts to stand up to the bully in the White House" to protect the future of public service broadcasting.

MPs Call for New Tax on Streaming Customers After Netflix Drama 'Adolescence'

A new campaign from MPs in the Culture, Media, and Sport committee is calling for a new tax on streaming services. Higher prices for UK streamers... This

MPs call for streaming levy to help fund UK TV production industry

A CMS committee report warns of the need to safeguard "culturally distinct British productions".

MPs call for streaming levy to fund British film and TV drama

Government urged to build a £100m war chest to counter the rise of American streaming platforms that are pricing UK producers out of the market

UK Culture Committee Officially Recommends 5% SVoD Levy & Urges Government To Take Legal Steps If Industry Doesn’t Act: “It’s Time For The Streamers To Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is”

The influential UK Culture, Media & Sport Committee (CMSC) has officially recommended a 5% streamer levy to the government and said this should be enshrined into law if the industry fails to introduce it within a year. Informally titled the ‘Kosminsky Levy’ after its main backer, Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky, the idea gained tonnes […]