Hammering out the European Union’s new audiovisual media services directive, member states’ digital policy ministers have reached an agreement on the controversial EU content quota to video-on-demand (VoD) platforms.

The ministers’ meeting on May 23 was important, moving towards a decision on the existence of an increased quota in the catalogues of VoD services in favour of European content.

Ahead of the ministerial meeting, many northern European EU member states, including the Netherland...