Amazon Prime Video Reveals $65 Million Creative Investment in Scotland
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Global streamers are investing heavily in Scotland, with Amazon Prime Video investing £50 million ($65 million) across three series.The U.K.
parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee is conducting a series of evidence sessions exploring the media landscape in Scotland.
Amazon and Netflix appeared before the committee on Monday. “Over the last 12 months, we’ve contributed directly over £50 million into the creative industries and that’s across three shows that we’re very proud to have shot and being currently shooting,” Amazon Europe originals chief Georgia Brown told the committee.
The shows are “The Rig,” “Anansi Boys” and “Good Omens” season two. Brown added that within that investment, the streamer has created over 750 jobs, of which 60% have been Scottish, and 60 traineeships were created directly into those productions.
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