BE AWARE! BBC ALTERS TV CONTRACTS
Posted on September 4, 2008
BBC adds clause on additional material/DVD extras without negotiation
Recently Equity has been made aware that the BBC are now regularly including into the standard Equity/BBC Contract clauses which typically read:
The Artist agrees that subject to no further attendances being required the BBC may record additional material (including but not limited to interviews and “behind the scenes” activity, extracts, outtakes and deleted scenes) for the inclusion in any DVD (or similar home video media) incorporating programmes made pursuant to this Agreement and that no additional payment is due in respect of such recording and the use of such material in the DVD.
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Archive deal sets precedent
Posted on October 16, 2007
BBC trial agreed, payments secure
A closed trial lasting six months and encompassing 20,000 homes will give viewers access 950 hours of BBC archive material dating back to the 1940s.
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