Quebec to set quotas for French-language content on streaming platforms [Video]

The Quebec government has tabled a bill to force streaming giants such as Netflix and Spotify to boost access to French-language content.

The bill would allow the government to set quotas for francophone music, films and television series on streaming platforms. It would also require platforms to ensure francophone content is more prominent and easier for consumers to find.

Quebec Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe described the bill on Wednesday as an attempt to preserve a francophone culture that is increasingly threatened by the streaming giants.

“We can’t choose something that isn’t offered to us. We can’t like something we don’t know,” he told reporters at a press conference in Quebec City. “And access to our culture, to films, to TV series, to songs in French, it must be easy, it must be simple when we’re in Quebec.”

He said that of the 10,000 most-streamed songs in Quebec in 2023, only …