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Per 30 second unit
(or part thereof) |
| Feature film buyout (excluding trailers): film budget more than £3m |
- |
£700 |
| Feature film buyout (excluding trailers): film budget up to £3m |
- |
£250 |
| All sites online - download |
- |
£100 |
| All sites online - streamed programming |
- |
£40 |
| Public exhibitions (paying audience) |
£35 |
£75 |
| Festivals only (up to 100 copies) |
£30 |
£60 |
| Student films |
£5 |
£25 |
*Per 30 second unit (or part thereof)
| Trailers – film budgets up to £3m |
Feature film trailer (all media) |
£2,500 |
£3,500 |
£4,500 |
|
Feature film trailer on TV & theatrical |
£1,750 |
£2,250 |
£2,750 |
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Per media (excluding TV & theatrical) |
£325 |
£475 |
£575 |
| Trailers – film budgets more than £3m |
Feature film trailer (all media) |
£5,000 |
£7,000 |
£9,000 |
| |
Feature film trailer on TV & theatrical |
£3,500 |
£4,500 |
£5,500 |
| |
Per media (excluding TV & theatrical) |
£650 |
£950 |
£1,150 |
More information
All feature film trailer licences include unlimited tag endings and unlimited cut-downs.
Defined Terms
All media: whether now known or hereafter devised, including but not limited to TV, radio, online, physical product, theatrical or public location.
Feature film buyout: this rate clears the unit for use in perpetuity within all media whether now known or hereafter devised, including but not limited to TV, radio, online, physical product, theatrical, or public location, but excluding use within ‘out of context’ feature film trailers.
Per trailer: clears all production music used on a trailer, including rights in the musical work and sound recording.
Feature film trailers: ‘out of context’ trailers made up of a montage of clips using production music. All feature film trailer licences include unlimited tag endings and unlimited cut-downs.
Cut-down: a shortened version of the same production where no new content is added.
Tag ending changes: minor change to the message at the end of a film trailer for example a change from ‘Released Monday’ to ‘Released tomorrow’.
Capped buyout rate of £5,000: use unlimited production music in feature films with budgets under £3m.
Capped rate per trailer: use any amount of production music within a single trailer and pay just twice the rate shown above.
PRS licence: services that are making the licensed production available over the internet or via mobile networks will also need to have an appropriate PRS licence covering the performing right.
Student films: a licence is required in all instances, except when the production is being viewed for internal assessment purposes only. There is no limitation on copies.
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Please note - An administration fee of £8 will be charged for each licence issued. Rates are quoted in £ sterling for a unit of 30 seconds or part thereof for each separate cue, unless otherwise stated. Aggregation of cues is not permitted unless otherwise stated. All fees are exclusive of VAT.
A licence is not valid until payment has been received by MCPS.
MCPS reserves the right to request a copy of any completed production for verification purposes.