The Winners and Losers as Europe Tries to Erase Borders for TV and Films

New proposals published Sept 14 aim to give the European Union’s 500 million consumers greater choice of digital streaming content. Under the revamp, so-called video-on-demand services from national broadcasters, like the BBC iPlayer; digital players like Netflix; as well as potentially premium movies offered by Hollywood studios, among others, may become more readily available across the European Union. (British broadcasters may eventually not be subject to the rules, once Britain leaves the 28-member bloc). The goal is to allow people from Portugal to Poland to stream shows online and give national broadcasters a Continent-size possible audience as part of efforts to create a unified digital market across the European Union. The copyright proposals will now be debated for two years before becoming law.

Not everyone, though, is happy. Here is a primer on who would benefit and who would most likely lose from the proposal.
Winners: Europeans and streaming services.
Losers: Hollywood studios and national broadcasters.