Pact 
The BBC has denied it plans to ban the secondary sale of commissions to Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ in the U.K. for five years.But they have confirmed to Variety that the secondary sales process is under review. “The BBC is not introducing a ban, we are looking at our secondary sales policy in the U.K. - something we do on a periodic basis to ensure maximum value for licence fee payers," a BBC spokesperson told Variety. "The SVoDs are...
Pact
John
McVay
CEO
McVay has led the influential U.K. producers’ alliance for 21 years, earning a reputation as a skilled communicator and an effective campaigner for his members’ interests. This year he battled against the U.K. government’s plans to privatize public-service broadcaster Channel 4, a key commissioner of British producers. McVay also rallied broadcasters and content providers to create a YouTube channel, Sunflower TV, for displaced Ukrainian children, with programs in both Ukrainian and English. The org is now exploring policy options to rectify the decline in U.K.-originated children’s content, as well as prioritizing work on the case for an enhanced U.K. tax credit for indie features following a British Film Institute report that showed evidence of a “market failure” in independent film.
