The BBC has unveiled a package of measures to help bolster a U.K. independent production sector that’s struggling amid the coronavirus lockdown. British producers, like their counterparts wor…
British producers, like their counterparts worldwide, have been hard hit amid delayed and canceled shoots caused by the coronavirus crisis.
Firstly, the corporation said it would work closely with production companies on current projects that have been disrupted, to find supportive solutions wherever possible. The BBC said this will include being flexible around delivery, and varying cash flow as appropriate on a title-by-title basis. Investment in its Small Indie Fund, which launched earlier this year to focus development spend on production companies with turnovers of less than £10 million per annum, will also rise this year from £1 million to £2 million .
Finally, youth-skewing service BBC Three will look to build on creative partnerships it has struck with BBC Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland, and expand these in other nations and regions of the U.K. in a variety of genres. BBC Three’s partnership with BBC NI and NI Screen has seen producers secure factual entertainment pilots for the channel. The BBC said at least one idea per nation or region will be commissioned.
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