NETFLIX JOINS MPAA AS 1ST STREAMING MEMBER With the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) about to lose one member this year when 20th Century Fox is acquired by the Walt Disney Co. comes the announcement from the MPAA that Netflix will join its ranks, becoming the first streaming service to do so. The other sitting members of the MPAA are the six major studios; Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros.. One of the MPAA’s chief goals is to combat privacy, which is a concern for Netflix as it contin- ues to expand its production footprint at home in the U.S. and abroad.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND OPENING ITS BOARDERS TO BOOZE The P.E.I. government is removing personal exemption limits for alcohol being brought into the province as MLA’s head back for the spring sitting of the legislature that will allow people to transport any amount of alcohol into P.E.I. for personal use. Currently the personal exemption limits are nine litres of wine, three litres of spirits and 24.6 litres of beer or three 24s. The limits were in place to encourage residents to shop in their own provinces, thus paying taxes and contributing to provincial revenues at home. However, with the craft brewing and distilling marketing on the rise, brewers and distillers thought Atlantic Canada would welcome the change as it allows their products to free flow from one province to the next and maybe create some new market opportunities for everyone in the adult beverage industry.
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • FEBRUARY 2019
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