Amazon spent around $1 billion the year after it got into original programming, while Netflix, which spits out content left and right, is expected to have spent more than $6 billion for 2017.
I know that $1 billion sounds like a ludicrous amount of money, but that seems to be the typical entrance fee for a year of television.
HBO spent about $2 billion on content last year, and Game of Thrones Season 6 reportedly cost $10 million per episode.
Yeah, TV is expensive, but if Apple can find its Transparent or Stranger Things, then that would make all the difference for the company.