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Streamers Vs Smoke Screens: How Netflix, Amazon and Disney Respond to India's Tobacco Warning Rules

  • Streaming giants Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX), Amazon.Com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) on Friday confidentially explored ways to dodge India's new tobacco warning rules.

  • The executives of the streaming companies, and India's Viacom18which runs billionaire Mukesh Ambani's JioCinema app, held a closed-door meeting, where Netflix warned the rules could prompt production houses to block their content in India, Reuters cites familiar sources.

  • They also discussed possible legal challenges in claiming that other ministries - IT and information & broadcasting - have powers over streaming, not the health ministry.

  • The Indian health ministry ordered streaming platforms to insert static health warnings during smoking scenes within three months. The regulator also wants at least 50 seconds of anti-tobacco disclaimers, including an audio-visual, at the start and middle of each program.

  • Amazon and other companies found it impossible to edit the films in three months and decided to consult lawyers and protest.

  • Filmmaker Dylan Mohan Gray flagged the new Indian rules as "harassment," as it did not regulate murder, war, and highly violent crime scenes similarly.

  • India is a hot market for streaming giants, and executives fear business impact and higher costs.

  • Price Action: NFLX shares traded lower by 1.22% at $398.22 on the last check Friday.

  • Photo by Ivan Marc via Shutterstock

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