Committee publication · Correspondence · 22 April 2026
Letter from the Chair to Benjamin King, Senior Director of Global Affairs, Netflix, regarding questions relating to the Children's tv inquiry, 22 April 2026
From: Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Inquiry: Children's tv and video content
Summary
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair writes to Netflix's Senior Director of Global Affairs, expressing disappointment at Netflix's refusal to give oral evidence to the Committee's inquiry into Children's TV and video content. The Chair requests written answers to detailed questions across five areas: UK investment and cultural content, content discoverability, parental controls, tax reliefs, and international funding models.
Key findings
- Netflix declined the Committee's invitation to provide oral evidence to the Children's TV inquiry
- Committee seeks information on Netflix's UK-originated children's content investment over the last three years
- Questions raised about Netflix's responsibility to support culturally specific UK-made children's content
- Committee inquiring into recommendation algorithm promotion of UK-made content and its proportion in top twenty series
- Questions focus on tax relief benefits, parental controls design, and international funding incentive models (particularly France's SMAD decree)
Tone
ProceduralTopics
broadcastingchildren-media-protectiondigital-platformstax-reliefuk-content-production
Key actors
Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Benjamin King, Netflix, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Notable line
“The Committee was disappointed to hear that Netflix declined its invitation to give oral evidence as part of its inquiry into Children's TV and video content.”
Key Quotes
“The Committee was disappointed to hear that Netflix declined its invitation to give oral evidence as part of its inquiry into Children's TV and video content.”
“Given Netflix's popularity with young audiences in the UK, what responsibility does Netflix believe it has to support culturally specific, UK-made children's content?”
“What proportion of the top twenty most popular kids TV series on Netflix kids in the UK in the last year are UK-made children's content?”
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