Netflix Euro Chief Warns Against Rules That “Dictate Not Just How Much We Invest But What We Make”
Larry Tanz also told the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London about the streamer's broad and proud investment in U.K. content over the years.
Netflix has stances on AI and other regulation, Larry Tanz, vp of content for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, made clear at the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London on Thursday.
Highlighting the streamer’s investment in the British film and TV industry, Tanz said that Netflix has filmed in 225-plus cities and towns across the U.K. since 2016. “We’re additive to that local industry,” not a global power that ends up putting its revenue in a “black box” back in the U.S. but reinvesting in more local programming. He touted such hits as Adolescence and Baby Reindeer, saying they and others were hits in Britain and also became global phenomena.
Concluded Tanz: “We do not accept the argument that Netflix is simply passing through. We are part of the industry.”
The rise of user-, and increasingly AI-generated, programming and possible regulations focused around AI and investment themes pose potential risks, he argued, suggesting that regulation may one day “dictate not just how much we invest but what we make.”
