All Pact articles – Page 16
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NewsPact to launch in the US
Industry trade body Pact is to launch a US arm to support the growing number of indies winning business across the Atlantic.
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NewsMcVay hails ‘formidable’ Pact chair Geater
Pact chief executive John McVay has claimed that the trade body’s newly elected chair Sara Geater will be a “formidable” leader.
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NewsSara Geater elected Pact chair
Former FremantleMedia UK chief executive Sara Geater has won the race to become chair of Pact council in the organisation’s first contested election in at least 14 years.
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NewsPact urges BBC to clarify IP ownership rules
The BBC must strengthen its guidelines around commissioners owning intellectual property to avoid another Prized Apart-style controversy, according to Pact.
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NewsThree in the running for chair of Pact council
Sara Geater, Cat Lewis and Laura Mansfield are battling it out to become Pact council chair in the organisation’s first contested election in at least 14 years.
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NewsPact publishes anti-bribery guidelines
Pact has published a set of anti-bribery guidelines and warned producers who fail to comply could land unlimited fines or custodial sentences.
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NewsPact revises data guidelines
Pact has updated its data protection and security guidelines for indies and broadcasters to include website cookies, location-based data and anonymisation.
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NewsPact calls on BBC to ‘open up’ about terms of trade plans
The BBC has come under pressure to open up about its plans to overhaul the terms of trade amid concern that some true indies could lose out as a result of any changes.
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NewsPact slams BBC and C4 for ‘peddling terms of trade myth’
Pact chief executive John McVay has claimed that Channel 4 and the BBC are “peddling a myth” about terms of trade needing to be overhauled to protect smaller indies.
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NewsPact ‘shocked’ by Abraham’s MacTaggart
Pact chief executive John McVay has reacted angrily to David Abraham’s MacTaggart message on terms of trade, claiming that Channel 4 is attempting to “top-slice the independent sector”.
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NewsPact calls for radical BBC production overhaul
The BBC should become a fully fledged publisher broadcaster to save £35m a year and free-up £575m of commissioning spend, according to a Pact report.
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NewsPact app to help indies connect with US execs
Pact will connect UK producers with key US commissioners with the launch of an app, marking the trade body’s most significant move in the country to date.
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NewsPact: make the BBC a publisher broadcaster
Pact chief executive John McVay has argued that the BBC should drop all of its in-house guarantees and become a “publisher broadcaster”.
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NewsC5 deal opens door for Pact
Viacom’s acquisition of Channel 5 represents an opportunity for new terms of trade to be struck between Pact and the UK broadcaster.
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NewsPact to return to China in 2015
The Pact-organised trade mission to China is set to become an annual event after the trade body agreed a deal to return to the country in 2015.
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NewsPact lobbies for kids’ live action credit
Pact believes kids’ broadcasters such as CiTV, Channel 5, Disney and Nickelodeon will ramp up their live-action originations if it can convince the Treasury to introduce a new tax break.
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NewsPact: kids TV needs tax break
Pact has called for the government to introduce a tax break for kids TV in line with the recent financial backing for animation and drama.
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NewsPact launches commissioning app
Pact has launched an app to help indies make contact with nearly 200 commissioners.
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NewsPact strikes Australian agreement
Indies keen to expand into Australia have received a boost after Pact struck a wide-ranging agreement with the Screen Producers Association of Australia.
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NewsPact: BBC quotas will change
Pact believes a shake-up of BBC commissioning quotas is now inevitable as the corporation reshapes itself for charter renewal.