UBS projects Disney to significantly ramp up spending on original content for its upcoming streaming service over time.
ahead of Disney's investor day on Thursday is how much the company will spend on content.
In a report released on Sunday, UBS analysts anticipated Disney will produce up to 10 original movies and 10 TV shows for Disney Plus within its first year, and will spend $800 million on the content.5 major questions about Disney's upcoming Netflix competitor, and what Wall Street analysts expect the answers to be
"For TV series, press reports have indicated Disney is looking to spend roughly $2.5-3.5M per episode but could increase that budget for certain shows up to ~$10m/ep," the analysts said."We expect original movies will be modest in budget relative to Disney's films released theatrically.". The limited series will have six to eight episodes each with big budgets that rival studio productions, according to Variety.
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