{"id":30654,"date":"2025-10-08T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/?p=30654"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:43:41","slug":"calls-for-streaming-levy-in-austria-grow-louder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/2025\/10\/08\/ruf-nach-streaming-abgabe-in-oesterreich-wird-lauter\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for a streaming levy in Austria are getting louder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Focus on streaming services: New study calls for rapid implementation of a levy in Austria.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The discussion about a statutory streaming levy in Austria is gaining momentum. A recent study by the European Centre for Social Finance<\/em> (ECSF) with the title \"Double relevance of the film industry\"<\/strong> proves it: Austria's film industry is not only culturally influential, but also an important economic factor with high regional added value.<\/p>

Cuts increase pressure on the industry<\/h3>

Following the recent cuts to the successful funding model \u00d6FI+<\/strong>which was developed by the Green economy<\/em> and Chairman of the Association Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu<\/strong> the concern about the future of the domestic film and music industry is growing.
The Green economy<\/em> therefore demands a mandatory financing model for international streaming providers<\/strong>to strengthen the location in the long term.<\/p>

Streaming levy as a contribution to location development<\/h3>

The idea: streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime are to be a fixed percentage of their sales generated in Austria.<\/strong> invest in local film and music productions.
This would not only create a reliable funding framework for the local creative industry, but also send a strong signal in favour of cultural diversity.<\/p>

\"Numerous EU countries are already successfully using comparable models.\"<\/strong> emphasised Sabine Jungwirth<\/strong>, Federal Spokesperson for the Green Economy.
\"Streaming levies are realistically feasible and make a tangible contribution to financing local creative industries. It's high time Austria took this step too.\"<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>

Film industry as an economic factor<\/h3>

Association chairman Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu<\/strong> emphasised the economic importance of the industry at the presentation of the study:<\/p>

\"The study clearly shows that Austria's film industry is far more than just a cultural sector. Every euro in film is a benefit for our cultural diversity, jobs and audience.\"<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>

Orientation towards European models<\/h3>

The demand for a modern Tax and investment model<\/strong> is modelled on successful European examples, such as in France and Italy. These countries show that a mandatory contribution from international platforms to the financing of national productions is both practicable and effective.<\/p>

Outlook: Legislation required to set the course<\/h3>

The study and the demands of the Green Economy highlight the need for action: without a binding investment commitment, Austria risks falling behind in the international competition of the creative industries. A streaming levy could create the necessary balance between the global platform economy and regional cultural production.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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To the press release<\/a><\/h3>
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Streamingdienste im Fokus: Neue Studie fordert rasche Umsetzung einer Abgabe in \u00d6sterreich. Die Diskussion um eine gesetzliche Streaming-Abgabe in \u00d6sterreich gewinnt an Fahrt. Eine aktuelle Studie des European Center for…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":30659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-minimal.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filmwirtschaft","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30654"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30658,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30654\/revisions\/30658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}