BBC Studios Extends Freelancer Furloughs Through August
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hollywoodreporter.comBBC Studios, the commercial arm of U.K. public broadcaster BBC, said Tuesday that it would extend its use of the British government’s furlough scheme for freelancers through the end of August.
BBC Studios has furloughed around 600 freelancers working on approximately 70 productions paused under government rules for the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The company said on Tuesday that it would be reducing the number of those on furlough before the end of July "by bringing them back to work on several productions planned to restart over the coming weeks and months." BBC Studios didn't provide a figure for how many freelancers would return to work or detail the shows scheduled to go back into production.
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