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Under a Memorandum of Understanding, Amazon will get an extra 5 percent from the Screen Production Grant in addition to the 20 percent grant the production already qualifies for.
Amazon plans to spend about $650m on season one of the television series, making it eligible for a rebate of over $160m.
Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash said the deal was fantastic . The world s most innovative company has decided to come to this country and they could have gone to anywhere in the world, spend $650 million, grow our film industry, we re able to leverage off some of their really innovative technologies and ideas, where is the downside?
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