There was a time, not that long ago in fact, where HBO’s reported budget of $5 million spent on each episode of Game of Thrones sounded pretty extreme. Like something approaching a small movie budget. Not that Westeros fans would argue such spending bordered on anything close to profligacy, with the attention to detail and quality so high, but it still was an eye-popping number. And now here we are, with major new entrants like Apple about to plunge into the Streaming Wars — and to start dedicating the equivalent of feature film budgets to their own new TV shows in the hopes of guaranteeing they’ll have something you’ll like or at least want to try.
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Apple is spending up to $15M per episode on its TV shows, as Netflix starts spending less originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 17:13:02 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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