Here’s Why California is Being Muscled Out by Non-US TV, Movie Production Houses
California has lost an alarming amount of TV and movie productions to non-American production houses in recent years. The state has dominated the entertainment industry for over five decades and is home to a vast portion of the segment’s soundstages, but the UK has begun eating into California’s market at higher rates. The coronavirus pandemic coupled with industry strikes and surging competition from a growing list of increasingly popular shooting locations are now threatening Los Angeles’ position as the nexus of world entertainment. Data from CoStar News and industry tracking service ProdPro indicates that five of the top locations where…