All Freelancers articles – Page 51
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NewsBectu targets The Bill over long hours
Broadcast union Bectu is trying to sign up more than 400 staff working on ITV's The Billto a collective bargaining agreement to tackle claims of poor working conditions on the show.
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NewsUS reality shows branded 'sweatshops'
Working conditions on reality TV shows in the US are in the spotlight after the Writers Guild of America this week branded them modern 'sweatshops'.
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Analysis - Toughest gig in town?
Growing concern about the long hours culture in reality and factual TV has prompted Pact and Bectu to begin renegotiating terms for freelancers. But just what is the worst job in television? David Wood asks around.
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Pact pay guidelines
Pact has moved to address concerns that freelancers are not being given proper holiday pay by issuing new guidelines for members calling on them to make a separate payment for holiday at the end of a designated contract. Pact has also suggested that any description of payment should be written ...
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Licence to skill
From Tai Chi to camera operating and graffiti, National Skills Day offered a chance for broadcasting staff to try something new and better understand each other's jobs. But there was a serious message too.
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Toughest gig in town?
Growing concern about the long hours culture in reality and factual TV has prompted Pact and Bectu to begin renegotiating terms for freelancers. But just what is the worst job in television?
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NewsBBC and Pact say WOCC can roll
The BBC's controversial Window of Creative Competition (WOCC), which opens up a further 25% of output to external suppliers, will be introduced before the end of the summer.
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NewsPact acts over holiday pay
Pact has moved to address concerns that freelancers are not being given proper holiday pay.
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Analysis - Passing the buck?
From the media secretary to Ofcom to the broadcasters, no one seems to want to take responsibility for policing freelance employment practices. So is Pact's voluntary register the answer?
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The media's political machine
The days when the gentleman's agreement dominated broadcasting regulation may be over, but behind every piece of legislation there is a complex web of lobbying and politicking.
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It's time to move on
Freelancers must move their campaign against exploitation to the next level if they are to make any kind of headway.
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Passing the buck?
From the media secretary to Ofcom to the broadcasters, no one seems to want to take responsibility for policing freelance employment practices. So is Pact's voluntary register the answer?
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NewsPact opens door to new deal for freelancers
Freelancers working on reality and factual formats could be set for a new deal on pay and hours after Pact this week agreed to renegotiate its Production Agreement with Bectu.
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NewsBBC mags arm under fire
The BBC has today been hit by further protest action - this time at its magazine publishing arm, which produces the Radio Times.
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Roundtable - Exploitation: how worried should we be?
When TV Wrap handed Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers, it prompted shock, denial and widespread consternation within the indie community. Broadcast brought the freelancers and indies together to fight it out.
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NewsThe vital statistics for ITV's Love Island
On the vexed subject of Celebrity Love IslandITV's director of programmes, Nigel Pickard, stated in last week's Broadcast(27.5.05): 'These days it's rarely just about winning and losing, it's about the profile of the audience you're getting.'
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Lime sees colour of M2's money in£750,000 set-up
M2 financial director John Tadros is pumping over£750,000 into vfx start-up Lime.
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Exploitation: how worried should we be?
When TV Wrap handed Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers, it prompted shock, denial and widespread consternation within the indie community. Broadcastbrought the freelancers and indies together to fight it out
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Taking unfair advantage
Exploitative employers get away with bad practice because staff who work in TV care about their work.
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NewsPact rejects compulsory code for indies
Pact has done little to reassure freelancers in the wake of pressure group TV Wrap's campaign about exploitative working practices by independent production companies.