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Broadcasting in the Covid 19 era

Harry Palmr · 2020-03-17 18:31:26

So far all the attention has fallen on sport and how Sky Sport in particular will fill the void but clearly its going to have a massive effect on all sorts of programming and every channel that makes live shows esp with an audience. Drama is also hit with filming of several high profile titles like Line of Duty, Peaky…

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#32 08-04-2020 4:03pm
Harry Palmr

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Just announced - Channel 4 has a cash reserve of about 180 million so probably looking to protect that.

Channel 4 will cut its content budget by £150m in a bid to navigate through the coronavirus crisis, it has been announced.

The channel said:

This reflects both the difficulties of producing programmes and films in the current environment, as well as some extremely difficult decisions to delay or cancel some content across Channel 4, E4 and More 4 across the year.

The statement said Channel 4 will maintain its support for the creative sector – continuing to commission and develop content for 2020 and 2021 - with ringfenced funding for nations and regions, and BAME-led independent producers.

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