News & Updates

Chief Executive Alex Mahon confirmed the date during a session of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee and also stated that the broadcaster will publish its plans for in-house production in the next quarter.

First-run hours are vital to independent producers and we are concerned that the loss of these hours will have a negative impact on the sector when many companies are already feeling the effects of the ongoing commissioning slowdown and other economic pressures.

We have submitted a comprehensive response to Ofcom's recent consultation on its proposed revised guidance for PSBs on Commissioning Codes of Practice, and would like to thank those members who helped in our response and those who also submitted their own.

We have now agreed a comprehensive Construction Crew Agreement with Bectu, the full set of terms for which can be downloaded via the Resource Hub.

Following the release of the 2025 National Living Wage increase for workers aged 21 and over from 1st April, we have amended the Rate Card for Supporting Artists engaged under the terms of the Pact Equity Supporting Artist Agreement.

Pact, Directors UK, BBC Studios and ITV Studios have published Engagement Guidelines for Ways of Working Between Producers and Directors, a new set of agreed guidelines laying out how production companies work with directors across all genres of production.