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$1B of production at risk due to lack of insurance: CMPA, AQPM

Briefs | 09/18/2020 4:34 pm EDT
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Some 214 “camera-ready” film and television projects, employing 19,500 people, and representing $1 billion in production spending is at “imminent risk” because of a lack of COVID-19 insurance available to producers, according to surveys conducted by the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM). 

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