Recent UK industry developments
UKFC Shock
Closure follows BFI
/ UKFC merger being off and investment for BFI sacrificed
Pact launches ‘A
New Business Model for UK Film’
Channel 4 merges
TV and online comissioning
Film
4 invest extra 20% to satisfy Digital Economy Act obligation
House of Lords 2010 Report on the British Film and TV Industries
UKFC
austerity plans and restructuring appointments
New OFCOM rules
for Product placement on UK TV
Creativity,
Competitiveness & Enterprise - BSAC Report
Clearer boundaries for BBC Worldwide
activity
Television Without Frontiers / Audiovisual Media
Services Directive
DCMS 2013
strategy "New Talents for the
New Economy"
OFCOM’s Public
Service Broadcasting Review
Recent European developments
Germany amend film law
Irish
Film Board reassured ongoing funding
UK and Morocco sign co-production treaty
Korean Free
Trade Agreement
EC
proposals "Creative Content Online in Europe's Single Market"
Australia's
new guidelines for co-productions June July 2010
Planispheres specialises in films that present a new view of the world. An independent production company and entertainment consultancy facilitating independent projects. We work with a small number of established and emerging producers, production companies and content creators in Europe, North America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
Planispheres has been set up to assist in the development and production of independent features, television programmes and digital media
Presentation of creative ideas and the commercial aspects of a production
Creative rights exploitation and developing professional relationships
Identifying potential partners and co-production companies which fit your project's profile
Initiating contact and providing support at international festivals and during rights negotiations
Business and legal affairs for commercial and community projectsAccessing public and private funding - writing funding applications and drafting business plans
Project management advice - troubleshooting
to resolve practical problems arising at any of the production stages
Consents, releases and clearances, talent & interparty agreements, financing & distribution
Workshops, masterclasses and training for individuals and groups
Film finance & bank discounting, gap finance, completion bonds, negative
pick up agreements, timetables & delivery items, E & O insurance,
force majeure, allocation of revenues and recoupment