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U.K.’s ITV Supports Indie Producers During Coronavirus Lockdown With Development Fund

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By Tim Dams U.K. broadcaster ITV has announced a £500,000 ($616,000) development fund targeted at the independent sector to help producers during the coronavirus lockdown.

ITV said the fund, unveiled Monday by director of television Kevin Lygo, is designed to accelerate the search for new ideas and content, particularly in non-scripted, for the channel in the latter part of 2020 and into 2021.

Lygo said: “ITV’s success is based on the ideas that are brought to us by indies from across the U.K. and we don’t want that to stop.We have this money specifically available to ramp up development over the next few months so we can hit the ground running when current restrictions are lifted.” Lygo explained that ITV’s commissioning teams will

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