The EU has shown itself to be unwilling to allow this imbalance to continue. Beginning in 1989, it was stipulated that at least 51 % of programs shown by local broadcasters had to be European-made.
對於這種不平衡關係，歐盟不願繼續忍受下去，從一九八九年起，就規定電視公司所播出的節目，必須有百分之五十一以上為歐洲製作。