Battle for streaming dollars is being waged in Eastern Europe

Cavill hunting monsters across the Polish countryside in the Netflix series 'The Witcher'. Having built reputations as reliable and cheaper alternatives for film production, Eastern European countries are now pitching themselves as the affordable option to feed the relentless demand for small-screen content. — AFP Relaxnews

When Amazon Studios wanted to shoot a fantasy-world Victorian city grappling with racial strife over fairy war refugees and goat-like servants, it turned to Prague.

It was here that sullen-faced Orlando Bloom tromped through Carnival Row searching for a vicious killer in the eight-part fantasy series. Around the same time, an equally grim Henry Cavill hunted monsters across the Polish countryside in the Netflix series The Witcher and a dour Daniel Bruhl stalked the alleyways of Budapest as the protagonist of the TNT drama, The Alienist.