Has Amazon Found the Next "Game of Thrones"?
Every media company worth its salt wants to produce the next Game of Thrones. The fantasy powerhouse based on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books pulled in more than $2 billion of profit for HBO in eight seasons, dominated the Emmy Awards for years, and helped HBO boost its global subscriber list from 92 million to more than 142 million. The show cemented HBO as the top premium cable channel, building on the legacy of The Sopranos.
It looks like e-commerce giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has found the next big-budget fantasy show to match Game of Thrones. Amazon Prime just wrapped filming the first season of The Wheel of Time, and the company already ordered a second season.
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