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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Canadian government tells regulator to back off on charging streamers like Netflix more

Canada US Streamers - (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's government directed its television and communications regulator to back down from a recent decision to triple financial contributions required from U.S. streaming services such as Netflix for Canadian content, the country's culture minister said Wednesday.

Instead, Culture Minister Marc Miller said, the government will invest hundreds of millions of dollars into the sector.

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