Tax of 5.5 cents per gigabyte: what it would change for streaming films
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The National Assembly voted on Friday for a tax of 5.5 cents per gigabyte (GB) of data. This measure concerns the consumption of digital content, particularly videos broadcast online. It was adopted during a vote in the Assembly, but the available information remains limited on how it would be applied in practice.
The headline of the source article puts forward a precise figure: about 0.77 euro per Netflix film. This amount corresponds to a film of about 14 GB, multiplied by 5.5 cents. It is therefore an estimate, which depends on the size of the files and the quality of the image. A film watched in high definition generally consumes more data than a film in standard quality, so the final cost for a subscriber could vary.
The tax raises the question of its effect on French consumers. Subscribers to video-on-demand platforms would be the first affected, but the real impact will depend on the precise terms of the text, in particular on who will pay the tax and how it will be passed on. These details have not yet been fully disclosed.
The text must still go through the legislative process before it can take effect. The next steps will clarify the scope of the tax and its final amount. Readers can follow developments on this file in the coming days.
Sources: JeChange
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