• Netflix content chief for EMEA Larry Tanz signaled rising investment in European stories, calling 2026 a record year with higher spending planned in subsequent years.
• Strategy shift highlighted toward local commissioning teams with country-level budgets, moving away from centralized programming decisions made from California.
• Warned that tighter European investment obligations or mandated IP ownership could curb risk-taking, push spending toward smaller licensing deals, reduce original local production.
• Argued policy should distinguish true independents from “super-indies,” saying legacy definitions could divert funding to large groups with less local reinvestment.
• Played down AI disruption risk, framing AI as a production and discovery tool with consent and copyright safeguards, not a substitute for human creativity.

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