Sinclair Broadcast Group will pay more than 1,000 of its eligible freelance sports broadcast technicians $2,500 each in the second phase of its assistance program, Variety has learned exclusively.
A company spokesman said Friday that the payment — a response to the Covid-19 pandemic — will total more than $3 million. The payment comes nearly two months after Sinclair offered an interest-free advance of $2,500 to the network freelancers who work at its Fox regional sports networks and Marquee Sports Network.
“We said in the beginning that we were operating with the understanding that games would only be postponed, not canceled, and that we would reevaluate our policy once we had more information,” a spokesman said. “This week’s news from Mlb now makes it inevitable that some number of games will be cancelled, so we are rolling out Phase 2 of our response plan.”
Major League Baseball hopes to begin the regular season in early July,...
A company spokesman said Friday that the payment — a response to the Covid-19 pandemic — will total more than $3 million. The payment comes nearly two months after Sinclair offered an interest-free advance of $2,500 to the network freelancers who work at its Fox regional sports networks and Marquee Sports Network.
“We said in the beginning that we were operating with the understanding that games would only be postponed, not canceled, and that we would reevaluate our policy once we had more information,” a spokesman said. “This week’s news from Mlb now makes it inevitable that some number of games will be cancelled, so we are rolling out Phase 2 of our response plan.”
Major League Baseball hopes to begin the regular season in early July,...
- 5/15/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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