UK broadcasters back unscripted fund
A group of UK broadcasters, including the BBC and Channel 4, have unveiled a fund aimed at covering crew shortages and skill gaps and diversifying production crew and talent in unscripted TV.
Seetha Kumar
The Beeb and C4 are founding investors in the Unscripted TV Skills Fund along with A+E Networks UK, Sky and Discovery UK.
The fund has been announced in partnership with non-profit organisation ScreenSkills and UK indie producers association Pact. Launched on June 1, it will see training investment in unscripted TV rise from £370,000 (US$510,000) to £3m a year.
The scheme unites and replaces the ScreenSkills TV Skills Fund, which accepted broadcaster donations, and the Indie Training Fund, which took independent contributions.