All Pact articles – Page 14
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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.
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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”.