Broadcaster Agreements, Policies & Budget Templates

Under the provisions of the Communications Act 2003, the BBC is required to publish and comply with a Code of Practice for agreeing the terms for the commissioning of qualifying independent productions. The Code has been approved by Ofcom and is published here.

The Code of Practice has been drawn up in compliance with clause 61(1) of the Agreement Between Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation (the 'BBC Agreement')...

BBC commissioning specification document.

This document sets out the policy that the BBC will adopt with regard to all UK producers on film projects it invests in going forward.

The BBC’s General Terms for the Production of Television Programmes by Independent Producers (2010).

Programme Production Agreement General Terms August 2018.

BBC Holdbacks Returning Series BBC Programme Release Policy 2014

All production companies commissioned by the BBC and contracted from 10 July, 2017 will have to ensure all those working on their programme receive the Living Wage.

BBC Nations and Regions Business Framework update (2021).

This policy states how BBC Archives manages photographic stills to meet the BBC’s business and archive requirements.

Programme Production Agreement template, updated 17th February 2010.

Template of BBC Standard PPA Special Terms (2015).

BBC Store rights in each underlying contributor area need to be granted and cleared in accordance with the detail in this document.

This guidance note is intended to explain the changes to the PPA and General Terms made in 2014 and 2015.

Pact guidance for the negotiation of BBC3 commissioning terms.

BBC Three Linear Terms 2021.

Broadcaster clips comparison (2018).

Commissioning broadcasters have joined forces to reduce the burden of health and safety checks for both commissioners and independent producers.

Code of Practice for commissioning programmes from independent producers.

Channel 4 guidance for producer-funded programmes (2018).