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The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have aligned to create a new fund, established with a £1 million donation from Netflix, to help support the U.K. creative community in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inward investment spend from high-end TV in the U.K. reached a record £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in 2019, according to BFI.

Calculus Capital and Stargrove Pictures are working with BFI on a new fund to support high-end productions in the U.K.

Spending on high-end television production in the U.K. hit £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in 2018, a 4-percent increase on the previous year and the highest since tax incentives were introduced in 2013, according to the BFI.

An independent report commissioned by BFI has found that the tax breaks across high-end TV, kids' content, animation, film and video games added £7.9 billion ($10.4 billion) to the U.K. economy in 2016.

Spend on film production and high-end television in the U.K. increased by 11 percent in 2017 to reach almost £3 billion ($4.2 billion), according to official figures published by the BFI’s research and statistics unit.

LONDON: Inward investment in high-end U.K. television hit a record of £477.8 million ($601.2 million) in 2016, while domestic spending dropped to £248.4 million ($312.5 million).