Calming the game at any price. Nicolas Sarkozy, took up the cause of creation. He does not want to destabilize the economy and finance virtuous cinema in France. He could receive tonight and tomorrow morning before the world of cinema and audiovisual media to reassure and to assure them of his support. Support – it does not fail to remind them – which has already manifested by the establishment of the web laws, preventing piracy of works on the Internet.
So at the highest level of the state that it extinguishes the fire started in the summer by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in search of tax revenue. They would have liked to go back VAT on Pay Television from 5.5% to 19.5%. The sector enjoyed a far reduced rate by virtue of his substantial contribution towards the financing of entertainment and art.This 15% increase in VAT could bring almost 1 billion euros in state budget 450 million from one group Canal +, the first financier of French films and several tens of millions – we are talking about approximately 80 million euros – Numericable.
All last week, operators and the creation of the world have mobilized to protest measures that would have destabilized the entire system, far beyond the cinema alone. Indeed, retailers were planning to scale down the pay channels to the already fragile economy. Finally they also threatened to raise subscription prices, what influence the purchasing power of French pay-TV subscribers. Thus, on average, cable subscribers have seen their membership increase by 4 euros while subscribers to Canal + would have faced an increase of 6 euros.
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