EU plan to ban geoblocking will lead to dull content, warn film-makers

Allowing streaming between borders will result in films ‘aiming for lowest common denominator of human experience’

Prominent filmmakers have warned against a move that could make European public broadcasters’ streaming offerings accessible from anywhere within the EU, predicting that it would unravel the industry’s business model and lead to “dull films aiming for the lowest common denominator”.

In a drive to deepen the EU’s digital single market, the European parliament will on Tuesday vote on whether to ask the commission to look into banning film and TV platforms from using “unjustified” geoblocking, technology that is used to restrict access to internet content based on location.