Bosses at streaming giant Netflix are doing their bit to help those in the TV and film industry who have lost work because of the coronavirus pandemic with a $100 million (£86 million) support fund.
As TV shows worldwide stop shooting as due to social distancing measures imposed in many countries to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the company is helping relieve the impact of the shutdown among its workers. “Most of the fund will go towards support for the hardest-hit workers on our own productions around the world,” chief content officer Ted Sarandos announced on Friday, with $15 million (£12.9 million) going towards “third parties and non-profits providing emergency relief to out-of-work crew and cast in the countries where we have a large