All Pact articles – Page 17

  • Debbie Manners
    News

    New Pact chair Manners braced for tough talks

    2009-12-10T08:00:00Z

    Debbie Manners is to take over as chair of Pact - and is bracing herself for a year dominated by negotiations over digital terms of trade and pressure on indies as commissioning lags set in.

  • MSN webplayer
    News

    Pact agrees VoD terms of trade for MSN Video Player

    2009-11-19T09:35:00Z

    Microsoft’s MSN Video Player has become the first video-on-demand platform to agree to terms of trade for producers.

  • BBC
    News

    Pact: freezing online services a 'car crash' for suppliers

    2009-10-09T12:36:00Z

    Pact has launched a blistering attack on the BBC Trust’s “shocking” decision to freeze the budgets for three of the corporation’s online learning services – claiming it will be a “car crash” for indie suppliers.

  • The X Factor
    News

    Pact predicts ITV red tape tangle

    2009-09-24T07:00:00Z

    Steps to introduce double compliance on ITV shows risk tying up indies in red tape, Pact and franchisee Channel TV have warned.

  • John McVay
    News

    Pact slams ITV for ‘bullying’ suppliers to waive terms of trade

    2009-09-24T07:00:00Z

    Pact has hit out at ITV’s tough new negotiating tactics, condemning the letters of intent it is sending to would-be suppliers that demand they waive the terms of trade.

  • John McVay
    News

    Indies slam BBC and Pact’s low support

    2009-07-02T08:00:00Z

    The BBC and Pact have come under fire over the level of support they are offering indies, it emerged in Broadcast’s Surviving the Downturn survey.

  • News

    Pact positive over Digital Britain

    2009-06-16T17:23:00Z

    DIGITAL BRITAIN: Indie trade body Pact has welcomed Digital Britain’s recommendation that the production sector’s rights framework should be “updated for a digital age to support original, high quality independent content across the UK online and on air”.

  • News

    Pact kicks off indie roadshows

    2009-06-03T11:00:00Z

    Pact is extending a helping hand to struggling indies with a series of roadshows over the next month.

  • the unloved
    News

    C4-Five merger rejected by most Pact members

    2009-05-21T19:00:00Z

    Two-thirds of indies believe RTL’s proposed merger of C4 and Five would be bad news for the industry, according to a Pact survey.

  • News

    Pact: Product ban will deprive industry of£72m

    2009-03-11T14:15:42Z

    Pact chief executive John McVay has criticised media secretary Andy Burnham's decision to continue the ban on product placement in the UK, saying it will deprive the television industry of a£72m cash injection.

  • News

    Pact opens doors to digital and distributors

    2009-03-11T09:52:26Z

    Pact is extending its membership to digital content producers and distributors for the first time.

  • News

    Pact insists indies retain IP

    2009-01-29T16:57:44Z

    Digital Britain: Pact has delivered a veiled warning that indies must be able to hang onto their own IP, under the planned “evolution” of the terms of trade.

  • News

    Shed md chairs Pact

    2001-12-06T14:23:00Z

    Shed Productions managing director Eileen Gallagher has been elected as the new chair of Pact, succeeding Hartswood Films chairman Beryl Vertue who continues to sit on the governing council.Tiger Aspect

  • News

    Pact hires nations and regions chief

    2000-09-21T08:35:00Z

    Scott to focus on needs of regional independents

  • News

    Pact to champion indie sector rights

    2000-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Shed Productions managing director Eileen Gallagher is to be Pact's new vice-chair (television) and has vowed to work for independent producers' rights to compete in a fair environment in the run-up

  • News

    Williams to leave Pact

    2000-09-07T09:32:00Z

    Hunt is on for new trade body chief executive

  • News

    Pact: devil is in ICG detail

    2000-07-20T10:21:00Z

    Producers' alliance urges BBC for more detail on genre commissioning procedure

  • News

    Pact: spend more outside the capital

    2000-07-06T17:20:00Z

    Producers' alliance wants public service broadcasters to expand budgets on shows from nations and regions

  • News

    Pact tackles BBC over ICG

    2000-06-16T00:00:00Z

    In another slapdown to broadcasters, producers' alliance Pact is threatening legal action against the BBC if the corporation's new commissioning structure is perceived as anti-competitive for indies when it is finalised within a month, writes Tara Conlan.

  • News

    Pact threatens BBC with court action

    2000-06-15T12:18:00Z

    Indies lose patience over replacement for ICG