On 28 Feb 2010, at 17:53, Gordon Joly wrote:
why can't the BBC make some programmes available all the time?
Rights, dear boy.
and Residuals in particular - Equity & MU contracts ensure that every
time a drama is rescreened the performers get another set of smaller
fees.
UKGold when it was free based its whole business model on a loophole
in the contracts that didn't envisage satellite TV, so had no
requirement to pay residuals to performers so it was very cheap TV to
broadcast. Whilst some of the performers benefited from fresh
exposure, they would also have liked to be paid for it rather than
relying on it bringing in new work because they were back in the
public eye.
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