US tech giants’ £280m outlay drives
British production sector to record high in 2018
Netflix and
Amazon almost doubled the amount spent on British-made TV shows last year to £280m as making big-budget shows such as The Crown and Good Omens drove the
UK production sector to a record high.
The filming spree helped drive the sector to more than £3bn in annual revenues for the first time, according to Pact, the body that represents UK independent TV production companies.