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U.K. Reveals TV Reforms to Regulate Netflix, Sell Channel 4

  • Streamers like Netflix will be forced to curb harmful content
  • Regulator Ofcom will be given new powers to enforce rules

The headquarters of the Channel Four Television Corp. in London, U.K.

Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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The U.K. will force on-demand video services like Netflix Inc. to curb material deemed harmful, such as “unchallenged health claims,” or risk fines of as much as 5% of their annual sales under a package of proposed reforms to TV laws.