Managing
Media Projects - Managing
the People : Industry Agreements (Actors, In-House BBC,
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dramatised readings, dubbing, post-synchronisation and, in the case
of chorus singers, overdubbing), closed-circuit exercises, special provisions
for puppeteers, payment for the artists provision of his/her own evening
dress, payments to directors, stage managers etc involved in theatre excerpts
and relays of opera and ballet, contributions to the Equity Pension Scheme
and credits.
For all these types of engagement and the various activities associated with
them, the agreement specifies minimum payments. In practice, most artists
other than Supporting Artists, Walk-ons, Chorus Singers and Group Dancers
and Skaters are able, usually through their agents, to negotiate fees above
these minima.
The
agreement also deals with the acquisition of the performers rights of
actors and other performers engaged under it, and defines the uses licensed
to the BBC on payment of the basic fees, and the further uses that may be
licensed on payment of further fees. These aspects of this agreement are summarised
in the Managing the Idea pages of this producers
toolkit.
The BBC deals with Equity through the Contributor and Talent
Rights area of Finance, Property and Business Affairs. The full text of the
agreement is held by that department, and by the Business Affairs teams in
the genre programme groups and in the Nations/Regions.