Consumption of film and television continues to grow and to bring those films and television shows to consumers companies like Netflix, Amazon, HBO, FX and more are spending millions of dollars of investment producing content at a high rate. With this need comes jobs, economic impact and residual tourism opportunities for any place selected to be a location for filming.
AVERAGE SPEND PER EPISODE:
Netflix > $5-7 Million
HBO > $6 Million
FX > $3.5-4 Million
PROJECTED SPEND ON ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING 2018:
Netflix > $12-13 Billion
HBO > $2.5 Billion
CBS > $4 Billion
(1) The Economic Contribution of the Motion Picture & Television Industry to the US, MPAA, 2017