ASTRA CEO says streaming services should not be ‘neutered’ with local content quotas

The CEO of subscription television industry body ASTRA has rejected a push to introduce local content quotas to major subscription video-streaming sites such as Netflix, Presto and Stan.

Maiden: “Operators should be nurtured not neutered”

Chief executive Andrew Maiden took aim at a Screen Producers Australia proposal to make streaming services adhere to quotas similar to those being looked at in the European Union.

Maiden said, in a statement, the idea was “not welcome” in Australia, adding: “This extension of regulation runs contrary to ASTRA’s bid to protect new services from the handbrake of red tape.