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Saturday, February 22, 2014

O'Malley, Busch Not Worried About House Of Cards Threat

Netflix political drama series "House of Cards" is demanding millions of dollars more in tax credits from Maryland, or it will go elsewhere.

The Washington Post reports that California-based production company Media Rights Capital has pushed back its filming schedule for its third season to see if lawmakers boost credits for film and television projects enough.

Last year, lawmakers boosted the $7.5 million annual allocation to $25 million, but they're divided on whether to do that again.

"This just keeps getting bigger and bigger" Del. Eric Luedtke (D-Montgomery) said at a hearing on the issue last week. He has supported film tax credits in the past. "And my question is: When does it stop?"

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2 comments:

ginn said...

If it has anything to do with Netflix it's shady. Netflix is currently involved in a testy dispute with internet service providers.
ISPs such as Verizon, Comcast, AT&T and Time Warner Cable reportedly blame Netflix, saying the online video-streaming giant refuses to spread out the delivery of its traffic in an efficient matter. Instead, Netflix is using Cogent, a major discount interconnect & thereby violating the 'equal exchange' policy that all ISPs honor. The dispute stems from net neutrality rules that prevent ISPs from blocking or slowing down traffic to Web sites. I never agree with our POS governor but, this time I'm going to 'cause Netflix is a bigger POS.

Anonymous said...

I'm going to watch this show to see what all the hoopla is about.