Why does the iTunes cache become so big?

My computer keeps on running out of space on the hard disc.  I finally figured out that it is from the iTunes cache folder being more than 200gbs!  Why???  I deleted it and got everything working again.  Just out of curiousity I checked again a couple days later and it was already at more than 50gbs.  I run all of my movies and tv shows off of iCloud so that I don't run out of room.  Is there a way I can fix this from constantly happening.

Rosswell wrote:
I finally figured out that it is from the iTunes cache folder
What is "iTunes cache folder"?

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