Mar 19th 2004
By: Jan
By: Jan
Regulatory Impact On Independent Television Production Sector
Regulatory Impact On Independent Television Production Sector
The current issue of Broadcast (subscription required) has a number of interesting pieces assessing the increase in inward investment and merger activity in the independent television production sector triggered by regulatory change.
Ofcom recently introduced a new rights regime that allows producers to retain increased secondary rights and strengthened the definitions of regional production quotas. However, articles also suggest that independents remain wary in regard to this development. Many believe that broadcasters long term control over IPR cannot so easily be solved.
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