Producer withholds Heated Rivalry fleece from Carney until Online Streaming Act's future is settled
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Marie Woolf
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The head of the production company behind the hockey-romance series *Heated Rivalry* is withholding a symbolic Team Canada-style fleece jacket from Prime Minister Mark Carney until the future of Canada's Online Streaming Act is clarified and fully enacted. The law would require foreign streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime to financially support Canada's film, TV, and music industries. The legislation has been labeled a trade irritant by Washington and could become a point of contention between the U.S. and Canada.
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· 3 pulledThe head of the production company behind the hit hockey-romance series Heated Rivalry says he is holding off sending Prime Minister Mark Carney his own Team Canada-style fleece jacket, worn by one of the show's lead characters, until the future of Ottawa's online streaming law is clear and enacted 'for real.'
The law, which would make foreign streaming services including Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime financially support Canada's film, TV and music industries alongside Canada's broadcasters, has been branded a trade irritant by Washington and a potential issue in
Heated Rivalry producer won't send fleece to Carney until Online Streaming Act's future is clarified
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