The UK government has published the awaited eligibility criteria and guidelines for its £500M ($646M) film and TV production restart program.
The scheme is aimed at helping UK productions that have been suspended and are not able to secure insurance going forward, or are yet to start because of no existing insurance, get back underway before the end of the year.
Following industry lobbying, the government committed to an emergency Covid insurance fund back in July. It will be available to compensate productions after they have restarted, and only where costs are then incurred due to delays or abandonment as a result of coronavirus.
Among productions that won’t be eligible are news and current affairs, live events broadcasts such as sports or theater or musical screenings, and productions in front of a paying live audience.
The program has been set up as a temporary measure, supporting productions which begin...
The scheme is aimed at helping UK productions that have been suspended and are not able to secure insurance going forward, or are yet to start because of no existing insurance, get back underway before the end of the year.
Following industry lobbying, the government committed to an emergency Covid insurance fund back in July. It will be available to compensate productions after they have restarted, and only where costs are then incurred due to delays or abandonment as a result of coronavirus.
Among productions that won’t be eligible are news and current affairs, live events broadcasts such as sports or theater or musical screenings, and productions in front of a paying live audience.
The program has been set up as a temporary measure, supporting productions which begin...
- 9/17/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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