HISTORIC SEMINARS “A RESOUNDING SUCCESS”

Posted on July 1, 2008

Big turn out as TV is Changing Campaign Visits Manchester & Liverpool

The TV is Changing Seminars in Liverpool and Manchester were a resounding success with 65 people in attendance in Liverpool and over a 100 people in Manchester.  The meetings were attended predominately by Equity members but producers, agents, casting directors and other industry professionals came and participated in the event.  Read more

4oD Rolls On…..

Posted on April 30, 2008

Video on Demand deal with C4 extended by Equity Council

Equity Council at its April Meeting endorsed the following proposal to extend the existing Video on Demand agreement with Channel 4 for its 2008 service.  A reconciliation of the earlier 2006/7 VoD agreement was also agreed. 

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Did Endemol break the law on THE ONE AND ONLY?

Posted on March 4, 2008

Endemol, producer of hit BBC tribute act show The One And Only, may have broken the law by refusing to pay their contestants at least the national minimum wage, according the legal advice obtained by Equity, the performers’ union. Equity has raised this matter with the National Minimum Wage section of HM Revenue and Customs.
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Equity negotiates the first ever Mobisode agreement

Posted on October 22, 2007

Mobile phone drama covered by Equity deal 

Equity has put in place the first ever agreement to cover “mobisodes” – programmes produced specifically to be delivered over mobile phone platforms. Read more

Membership supports single agreement

Posted on October 16, 2007

Survey findings show backing for union approach

Equity Council at its meeting September 4, 2007 endorsed a limited, but significant, number of changes to the existing Equity/PACT Television Production Agreement.A survey of Equity members has found significant support for a single television agreement and backs the union’s approach to future payments for the use of television work.

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Equity and PACT reach agreement

Posted on October 16, 2007

 

New settlement for 2008

Equity Council at its meeting September 4, 2007 endorsed a limited, but significant, number of changes to the existing Equity/PACT Television Production Agreement.

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Dealing with unauthorised usage on YouTube

Posted on October 16, 2007

How you can stop your work being stolen

Members who feel that Internet video-sharing site YouTube contains material featuring their work that is being distributed without proper authorisation should know that there is a straightforward way in which they can have the worked removed.

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Union and employers to discuss pan-industry deal

Posted on October 16, 2007

Date set for important talks

Equity will meet with representatives of all the major broadcasters and independent producers in the British television industry this October.The union hopes these talks will represent the first steps towards a pan-industry agreement that will bring together the best of the many individual deals that currently exist.

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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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Sci-fi podcast breaks new ground

Posted on October 16, 2007

 

Blake’s 7 fly again

The return of Blake’s 7 is, no doubt, enough to set fans’ pulses racing across the internet. But the production of a series of podcast adventures based on the cult 70s sci-fi drama is as significant for Equity members as for the show’s fans.

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