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France, Italy and Spain are stepping up pressure on the European Commission to come up with a legislation that ensures Big Tech firms partly finance telecoms infrastructure costs.

France’s National Assembly has formally voted to end the €138 annual television license fee (locally known as “contribution pour l'audiovisuel public”) in favor of a VAT increase.

As part of efforts to modernize coproduction treaties, the Department of Canadian Heritage has completed negotiations for a new agreement with France.

Pay-TV in the region will reach 100 million users, and subscriber counts will fall for 14 of the 18 countries between 2021 and 2027.

Starting in October, Brazil's largest streaming platform will offer a vast catalog of classic and original content on demand, in addition to seven linear channels for subscribers from more than 20 countries.