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The EU is planning to massively reduce the amount of British TV shows and film shown in Europe because of their threat to 'cultural diversity' in the wake of Brexit.
The move will be a blow to the UK's entertainment industry, which is boosted by the £1.4billion sale of international rights.
The UK is Europe's biggest producer of film and TV, with many much-loved shows such as The Crown and Downton Abbey attracting huge global audiences, but the EU wants to diminish its 'disproportionate' influence.
The EU is planning to massively reduce the amount of British TV shows and film shown in Europe because of their threat to 'cultural diversity' in the wake of Brexit
In an internal EU document seen by The Guardian, the bloc wants to no longer define British shows and films as 'European works'.
Under an EU directive, European content must receive a majority of airtime on terrestrial TV and at least 30 per cent of titles on platforms such as Netflix and Amazon.
Some countries such as France have gone even further, with a 60 per cent quota for video on demand platforms and demanding 15 per cent of their turnover is spent in the production of European projects.
Under the new rules, British works would not qualify, meaning more air time would have to be given to TV and films produced by EU countries.
The paper distributed among EU member states says: 'The high availability of UK content in video on demand services, as well as the privileges granted by the qualification as European works, can result in a disproportionate presence of UK
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