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Russia To Require Netflix To Stream State Television Broadcasts

Saturday January 1, 2022. 02:00 PM , from Slashdot
Russia's state media watchdog will require Netflix to offer state television channels to its Russian customers after it added the U.S.-based streaming service to its register of 'audio-visual services' this week. From a report: Roskomnadzor's register, which was created in late 2020, applies to online streaming services with over 100,000 daily users and requires them to comply with Russian law and register a Russian company. Registered services are also required to provide streams of 20 major Russian federal television channels. From March 2022, Netflix will be obliged to offer broadcasts from flagship state-owned Channel One, entertainment-focused NTV and the Russian Orthodox Church's in-house channel Spas, which means 'Saved,' to its users within Russia. The laws that Netflix must now obey include controversial provisions banning the promotion of 'extremism' -- a restriction which has been used against supporters of the anti-Kremlin opposition.

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