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HBO Says Brexit Won't Hurt 'Game of Thrones' Production

A cable network always pays its debts.

“Game of Thrones,” the hit HBO cable TV series that is partly filmed in Northern Ireland, will not suffer due to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, the cable network said on Friday, aiming to quash speculation that the lavishly produced show would lose EU funding.

Britons voted on Thursday to leave the European Union, a decision that economists and government leaders say clouds growth prospects for the world’s fifth-largest economy and could dim its attraction for investors.

The result could also discourage Hollywood studios and cable networks to film shows and movies in Britain, in part because the country would no longer have access to European subsidies.

The series received support from the EU’s European Regional Development Fund in its early years, HBO confirmed, but the fund has provided no support for the past few seasons.

“We do not anticipate that the result of the EU referendum will have any material effect on HBO producing ‘Game of Thrones,'” the network, a unit of Time Warner, said in a statement.

As results from Britain’s historic referendum came in overnight, speculation spread online that the decision would hurt HBO’s most-watched series, which had as many as 20 million viewers per episode last season.

The show continues to receive funding from the UK, including from Northern Ireland Screen (NIS), which provides government support for local businesses.

NIS issued a statement on Friday saying the organization “does not use monies provided from European-funded programmes.”

A majority of voters in Northern Ireland, one of four “nations” that comprise the United Kingdom, cast ballots for remaining in the EU.

The Emmy-winning “Game of Thrones,” based on George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” books, tells the epic fantasy tale of a multi-generational struggle for control of the Iron Throne and rule over the Seven Kingdoms.

The show, now in its sixth season, has a budget of $10 million per episode, according to Entertainment Weekly.

http://fortune.com/2016/06/24/hbo-says-brexit-wont-hurt-game-of-thrones-production/

 

[darkwing]

article 50 hasn't been invoked anyway

 

[paperboywriter]

Well glad it didn't have any consequences.

 

[Spring Drive]

Well glad it didn't have any consequences.

In the time it took George R.R. Martin to finish Game of Thrones, The Last Guardian will have come out and The UK will have left the European Union

Damn

 

[Einchy]

In the time it took George R.R. Martin to finish Game of Thrones, The Last Guardian will have come out and The UK will have left the European Union

Damn

GRRM will never finish The Winds of Winter.

 

[CloudWolf]

GRRM will never finish The Winds of Winter.

Nah, Winds of Winter will probably release sometime. A Dream of Spring on the other hand...

 

[Einchy]

Nah, Winds of Winter will probably release sometime. A Dream of Spring on the other hand...

"What the fuck is A Dream of Spring?" - George RR Martin

 

[GankzyMcfly]

And here i was worried about the impact Brexit is going to have.

 

[Rich!]

article 50 hasn't been invoked anyway

Uh, not seen the newest news then?

French foreign minister: "Negotiations will start immediately (art. 50). Cameron has to live with the consequences."

They're forcing article 50 through immediately. AP also confirm this.

Edit: press conference over. EU is forcing through article 50 immediately

 

[Mindwipe]

Uh, not seen the newest news then?



They're forcing article 50 through immediately. AP also confirm this.

They might want to, but only the actual nation concerned can trigger article 50. The reality is GoT will have finished filming before it comes up.

 

[Forkball]

Britain is like a real life Iron Islands.

 

[Jezbollah]

Uh, not seen the newest news then?



They're forcing article 50 through immediately. AP also confirm this.

Edit: press conference over. EU is forcing through article 50 immediately

No, A50 has not been invoked, and no, without UK invoking it, EU cant force it.

 

[Already Torn]

Britain is like a real life Iron Islands.

Leaving will be good for the economy. What is dead may never die.

 

[Bobosaurus]

Britain is like a real life Iron Islands.

How would you like to pay sir? - will it be card, cash or the iron price (silently draws sword)

 

[number11]

This is the only question that matters

 

[jediyoshi]

Season 7 preview

 

[Diprosalic]

In the time it took George R.R. Martin to finish Game of Thrones, The Last Guardian will have come out and The UK will have left the European Union

Damn

Martin finished GoT two decades ago

 

[Phased]

HBO just announced that GoT's audience continues to grow even in its sixth season. That's extremely impressive.

Literally nothing stops this train, and when they get around to finishing this story they're crazy if they don't make a prequel or spinoff or something.

 

[kharma45]

Good. GoT has been great for us.

 

[ZoddGutts]

They could always have New Zealand as an alternative.

 

[KonradLaw]

In the time it took George R.R. Martin to finish Game of Thrones, The Last Guardian will have come out and The UK will have left the European Union

Damn

You're way to much of an optimist. In reality by the time Martin finishes it UK will not only leave, it will be enough time for them to be accepted into EU again