All Pact articles – Page 15
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NewsPact launches 'one-stop shop' co-pro app
Pact has launched a “one-stop shop” app to make co-production arrangements easier for indies to negotiate, following a surge of international deals.
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NewsPact ‘astonished’ by ToT review
Pact has pledged to use “every means possible” to defend the indie sector following the “astonishing” terms of trade review revealed by culture secretary John Whittingdale.
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NewsPact hires head of diversity
Pact has hired Anjani Patel as diversity lead for television to replace the BBC-bound Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams.
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NewsPact attacks EU stance on content-blocking
Pact has hit back at European Commission claims that Sky and the US studios are acting illegally by preventing consumers across the continent from accessing content in other territories.
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NewsPact head of diversity to join BBC
Pact head of diversity Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams is to join the BBC as diversity lead for television.
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NewsPact: international commissions flattening out
The international commissioning boom, in which British producers have stormed the US over the past few years, appears to be flattening out, according to Pact’s Independent Production Sector Financial Census.
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NewsPact: indies taking on more risk
There has been a significant rise in the gap funding that indies are ploughing into television productions as broadcasters are spending less up front on commissions.
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NewsPact survey: the key figures
Small indies have almost tripled their share of the UK’s commissioning spend as super-indies have lost ground, according to Pact figures for 2014.
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NewsPact urges BBC to halt content cuts
Pact chief executive John McVay has urged the BBC to defend content budgets as the government has asked it to shoulder the £650m bill for paying the licence fee for over-75s.
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NewsPact slams BBCW drama boost
BBC Worldwide could “disproportionately” benefit from the corporation’s plans to increase BBC1 drama investment by £30m, according to Pact.
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NewsIn brief: Pact US; DRG; BBCW
Reality TV veteran Matt Gould has joined Pact US and DRG has opened an LA office. Click for more.
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NewsIn brief: Pact names vice chair; ITV2 re-orders sketch show
Hat Trick’s Paul Cohen lands Pact role, while Keith Lemon’s Kardashians are set to return
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NewsPact hires David Lyle as US chief
Pact has hired former Fox executive David Lyle as the first president of its US division.
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NewsPact demands clarity over BBC Studios
Pact chief executive John McVay has called for clarity over the independence of the proposed BBC Studios from the corporation’s commissioning teams.
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NewsGeater relinquishes Pact duties for All3 role
Former Fremantle Media UK boss Sara Geater has joined All3Media as chief operating officer, forcing her to relinquish her duties as the chair of Pact after only four months.
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NewsLaura Mansfield appointed Pact Council vice chair
Outline Productions managing director Laura Mansfield has been appointed vice chair of Pact Council.
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NewsPact warns of ‘threat’ from EU digital union
Industry trade body Pact has described EU plans to create a single digital market across Europe as a “major threat” to the UK’s television industry.
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NewsPact campaigns to end ‘crisis in children's TV’
Pact has called for regulatory changes to reverse a “crisis in children’s TV” commissioning after laying bare dramatic declines in spend on kids’ content.
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NewsPact plea on terms of trade
Pact council chair Sara Geater has hit back at BBC and Channel 4 proposals to review terms of trade and warned that changes to IP ownership could “cripple” the indie sector.
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NewsPact and UK Screen press for TV tax break changes
Pact and facilities trade body UK Screen met with the Treasury last week in a bid to have the tax relief scheme for high-end TV brought into line with film incentives.