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Streaming giant Netflix has agreed to lower the quality of its videos to help reduce internet congestion, the company said today.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the discussions between [Internal Market] Commissioner Thierry Breton and [Netflix CEO] Reed Hastings \u2014 and given the extraordinary challenges raised by the coronavirus \u2014 Netflix has decided to begin reducing bit rates across all our streams in Europe for 30 days,\u201d the company said in a statement<\/p>\n

Internet activity has spiked across Europe as governments put their citizens on lockdown and companies encourage people to work from home to curb the spread of coronavirus. Earlier this week, Thierry Breton spoke<\/a> with Reed Hastings to discuss options.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe estimate that this will reduce NetfRead More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n

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