Netflix is giving back as the entertainment industry is affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos said that Nexflix has established a $100 million fund to help workers who have been hit the hardest in the television and film industry by the outbreak.While $15 million will go to third parties and non profits providing emergency relief to out of work crew and cast.
The company already committed to paying workers two weeks pay following the production suspensions last week. Netflix will also donate $1 million each to the SAG-AFTRA Covid-19 Disaster Fund, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, the Actors Fund Emergency Assistance, the AFC and Fondation des Artistes.