Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ have filed appeals with the Council of State asking judges to overturn a modification of the SMAD decree that forces platforms to dedicate 20% of audiovisual investment in France to animation, documentaries and live performance.Culture Minister Rachida Dati announced the measure at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the rule, effective earlier this year, applies to streamers while exempting traditional broadcasters, a distinction the platforms call asymmetric and unlawful.Pauline Dauvin of
Netflix France says the obligation infringes editorial freedom, would require a doubling of spending in targeted genres and risks concentrating an unsustainable financial burden on foreign streamers despite
Netflix's current €250M annual investment and more than €2B contributed to the French creative economy.