Sony Pictures Networks India gears up to resume production
Mumbai/IBNS: After a brief hiatus following the nationwide anti-Covid-19 lockdown in India, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has obtained all relevant government permissions to resume production for its television, film and OTT businesses in India.
The network said it was working closely with its production partners to ensure shoots resume in a controlled environment with strict compliance to all necessary government rules, regulations and safety protocols.
It said health, hygiene and sanitisation are taken very seriously, and the network was doing all that it could to ensure the safety of its cast, crew and production partners.
Other than cast and crew members, visitors will not be allowed on the sets.
Moreover, SPN said it was actively extending its support to the Indian Film and TV Producers Council (IFTPC) in containing and minimizing the adverse impact of the pandemic on the industry.
The network has claimed to release the full payments of the cast and crew within a 30-day time frame, effective Jul 2020 upto Dec 2020 and it will borne 100 per cent of the proposed insurance cost for the cast and crew during the pandemic.
