Sky Donates $624,000 To The Film & TV Charity’s Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund

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By Jake Kanter International TV Editor Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-TV giant, has pledged to donate £500,000 ($624,000) to the COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund set up by the BFI and the UK’s Film And TV Charity.

Sky announcement follows similar donations from the BBC, Netflix, BFI and WarnerMedia to fund, which is providing grants of up to £2,500 to workers and freelancers who have been directly affected by the closure of productions across the UK.

The donation is set to raise the value of the fund to more than £3M and applications for grants opened last week. People can apply on the Film And TV Charity’s website, with the window for submissions closing  at 6pm on April 22.