News & Updates

We would like to hear from any Pact members who have recently been commissioned by the BBC to produce standalone digital content for YouTube or other platforms.

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.

Pact CEO, Nigel Warner, has given evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee as part of its inquiry into the BBC’s Royal Charter Review which was launched in March.

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.