Netflix has said it is establishing a 100 million dollar relief fund for workers in the TV and film industry around the world affected by the coronavirus crisis. “This community has supported Netflix through the good times, and we want to help them through these hard times, especially while governments are still figuring out what economic support they will provide,” Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief creative officer, said.
The majority of the fund will support the hardest-hit workers on Netflix’s own productions around the world, Mr Sarandos said.
The money will supplement the two weeks of pay the company already agreed to pay the cast and crew on suspended TV and film productions.