News & Updates

Our Director of International, Ross Lewis shares a preview of what's to come in the months ahead for Pact members wanting to make the most of international opportunities, and rounds up this year's activity so far including collaborations with the Canadians and Australians which are already bearing fruit.

We will be meeting with the BBC next month to discuss its YouTube commissions and are calling for more feedback from Pact members about the agreements being used.

The BBC has announced the details of its pan-UK commissioning model and we want to know what Pact members think of the key aspects of the new approach.

It's been a busy first half of the year for Pact Director of Nations & Regions, Chris Curley. Read his round up of the action as well as what's coming up later this year.

Pact is endorsing a set of shared principles on out-of-hours contact in the television industry published by Action for Freelancers.

New guidelines from the Directors & Producers Forum (which Pact is part of) aim to aid with consistency and clarity.

The BBC has shared guidance for producers about how it is managing the transition to the new Diamond data collection and reporting system.

The Director General and Chair have called for a shake-up of their Terms of Trade agreement, whilst the latest BBC Commissioning Report and Annual Report show drop in commissioning and content spend.

Our Director of International & Projects, Ross Lewis shares his reflections on our first time co-sponsoring the International Exchange at the Children’s Media Conference (CMC) and some other highlights from his time in Sheffield.

Following the publication of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's latest Green Paper last week, our Director of Policy, Emily Oyama provides an overview of what's in it and what matters most for independent producers.

Find out what you need to do and when you need to do it with changes coming to the Diamond diversity monitoring system for UK TV productions in September.

Our in-house lawyer, Samantha Ravenscroft rounds up key changes that apply regardless of company size, and shares an updated data protection policy template and guidance for members.