Equity Distribution Services
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Royalty payment services for UK's audiovisual industry. Serving performers, broadcasters, production companies & UK/US film studios. [email protected]
London, England
Joined January 2018
**Payment News**. 💷Gearing up for a multi-million pound royalties payout in early September . 📺Payments due for ITV catch-up programmes, Netflix, Disney & Harry Potter films, as well as HBO series including Band of Brothers. 👀Watch this space for more info. #ProudToBeEquity.
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Call for more culturally British films raises important issues ⬇️. 📍Investment in UK independent films has fallen in real terms since 2015. ⚠️Regional TV programming is also under threat from budget cuts as @EquityUK's campaign to save 'River City' highlights. #ReverseTheCuts.
Ray Winstone has called for the UK industry to make more culturally British films 🇬🇧. "The French do it, the Germans do it. That's where good filmmakers come from," said Winstone:
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*UK Cinema Releases*. 🎥This month's upcoming cinema releases including Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Roses' and the film adaptation of 'The Thursday Murder Club' ~ both made under @EquityUK agreements ➡️. Full list ⬇️.
screendaily.com
Bookmark this page and keep track of the latest film release dates in the UK & Ireland.
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RT @ScreenUKInd: 37 UK TITLES feature in the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival line-up!. Find out which UK films and co-productions….
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*UNCLAIMED ROYALTIES*. 📩We're contacting hundreds of @EquityUK members with unclaimed royalties that we want to pass onto them in September's payment run. 👀Keep an eye on your inbox over the coming days. 🚨If you get a message reply by w/c 25 August to claim what's due to you.
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NEWS: First images from 'The Hack', ITV's drama on the News of the World phone hacking scandal⤵️. The series is produced under @EquityUK's television agreement by ITV Studios and Anonymous, the same team behind 'Mr Bates vs The Post Office'. Full story🔽 .
deadline.com
Images of ITV drama 'The Hack' show David Tennant and Robert Carlyle as Nick Davies and David Cook.
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NEWS: SAG-AFTRA games deal hailed a 'watershed moment' ⏩. 💬'gaming depends on human connection-through voices, character, and expression. This isn’t just a labor deal. It’s a moment where technology and humanity found common ground'. Full article ⬇️.
gameshub.com
Voice actors and motion capture performers have ended an eleven‑month strike after ratifying a landmark new industry contract under the SAG‑AFTRA banner.
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Both sides of the AI debate in 1⃣ article. 💬'We should be skeptical of AI . it's a tool that can be used for good or bad'. 💬'At this point, fighting AI is like fighting electricity'. 💬'I'm deeply against changing what the actor did'. Full article ⬇️.
latimes.com
AI isn’t hovering at the edges of acting anymore. It has reshaped faces, smoothed dialogue and fast-tracked everything from dubbing to reshoots. And its reach is growing.
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*INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES*. From blockbuster shoots to tax policy shifts and tough times for local filmmakers⏩. Here’s what’s shaping the UK screen industry today 🎞️🎥📺. ➡️🔽
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RT @LyndaRooke: Vote, vote, vote. Equity members, these are your committees and you decide who will represent you in whichever sector of th….
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BREAKING:. ⚠️Are you a performer worried about AI technology having free rein to exploit your image, your voice and your likeness? . 📍If so, you'll want to sign @Equity's open letter demanding AI protections for those working in film & TV . Help get it over 2000 signatures✍️🏽⬇️.
Equity members are demanding better on AI in film & TV! . ✍️Take 30 seconds to sign our open letter to PACT and let them know this is important to you in our negotiations:
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*JUNE ROYALTIES UPDATE*. It's a multi-million pound payout for artists engaged on @EquityUK contracts ⬇️. 💸£2.2M due to hit UK bank accounts from 23 June & overseas accounts slightly later. 📥All email statements have now been issued. ✍️Never accept less than an Equity contract
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JUNE ROYALTIES CHECKLIST 🔽. ✔️£2.2M of royalties en route to 3,500 @EquityUK-contracted artists.✔️First time payments for 'Pistol' miniseries, 'Monkey Man' and 8 Harry Potter titles.✔️Does it pay to work on a union contract? . Affirmative to ALL of the above 🔼. #ProudToBeEquity
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INDUSTRY NEWS: US Games Strike Progress. UK actor's union Equity applauds "tenacity and persistence" of @sagaftra members as tentative agreement over AI reached. Full article from 🔽.
eurogamer.net
Your trusted source for video game news, reviews and guides, since 1999.
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RT @EquityUK: "They have broken the law. They have stolen our members' work". Don't miss the most candid interview you'll read all week - @….
politicshome.com
Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming tells Sienna Rodgers about the threat of AI and his frustration with the government’s ‘very, very, very disappointing’ approach to the creative industries
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Government rejects proposal for AI firms to declare use of copyright work:. ▶️"Across the creative and business community . people are gobsmacked that the government is playing parliamentary chess with their livelihoods". Full article 🔽.
theguardian.com
Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data bill
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Culture Department proposal. ⚠️The Lib Dem's Culture Spokesman says the government's 'damaging plans to abolish culture department' will leave the UK's creative industries with 'no voice at the table of power'. Full article ⬇️.
theartnewspaper.com
Following recent reports that Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to dismantle the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, experts and politicians weigh up the pros and cons of such a move
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Trump's Tariffs. Culture Minister says the government is working to strike a "proper trade deal" with the US administration that will "mitigate" potential tariffs on British film productions. Full article ⏬ .
deadline.com
Donald Trump prepares to unveil a trade deal with the UK on Thursday amid ongoing talks with the British government about his film tariff bombshell.
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RT @fletcherstweets: 🚨🌱 The Chancellor is currently reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @_CFTA petiti….
campaignforthearts.org
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
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