News Archive

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.

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.

Picture Zero has issued resources, and is running a Pact member webinar, to support independent producers through the transition to BAFTA Albert's Next Generation Toolkit, which launches 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.

Pact's Director of International, Ross Lewis rounds up the action from a productive two days of collaboration between UK and Australian producers and other industry representatives.

Significant cuts underline the urgent need for a sustainable, long-term funding model for the broadcaster.

Pact welcomes the Fund, which is open to all genres.

Newly announced ban is expected to come into effect in early 2027, but YouTube Kids service for pre-school to pre-teen age group will not be affected.

On Wednesday 8th July we will hold a General Meeting of the membership to vote on a Special Resolution proposed by Pact Council.

Fraudsters are targeting producers with sophisticated scams. Members are encouraged to scrutinise communications carefully, including those claiming to be from HMRC.

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.

New terms and rates come into effect from Wednesday 1st July under updated agreement for engaging session musicians on productions.

Pact CEO, Nigel Warner gave evidence to the Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee as part of its inquiry into the BBC’s Royal Charter Review.

HMRC has amended the Meal and Mileage Allowances and added new self-employed roles to its Appendix 1 document.

BBC Children's has new advice and a dos and don’ts checklist document for invoices, to help reduce delays in payments to producers.

The broadcaster’s Annual Report for 2025 shows that revenues remained stable, but overall content spend and investment in originated British content are both down, raising concerns for the sector.