Common use of New Public Services Fee Clause in Contracts

New Public Services Fee. (a) The BBC shall in addition to the Fee pay the Writer a New Public Services Fee of an amount equal to 12.5% of the Single Transmission Fee on Acceptance of each Script, or in the case of a Pilot Script upon confirmation that it will be Transmitted or that the BBC has decided to commission further scripts based upon the Format of the Pilot Script. The New Public Services Fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for all uses of the Script paid for under the New Public Services Fee after first Transmission for a period of five years from first Transmission. The level of the New Public Services Fee shall be reviewed three years after signature of this Agreement by the parties through the Radio Forum in the manner provided for in clause 13 below. Following the expiry of such five year period:- i) the BBC’s right to make Transmissions on Radio 4 Extra (and upon Transmission to make programmes available for access by the public by means of electronic transmission for audio on demand) shall be subject to the payment of a fee equivalent to 5% of a Single Transmission Fee for the Script. Such fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for the use of the Script on six transmission days each consisting of any continuous period of twenty four hours during which the Script may be Transmitted four times over a period of three years commencing from the first such Transmission on Radio 4 Extra and provided that if the BBC has exhausted the number of Transmissions made in return for the above payment or if the three year period has expired it may pay another such 5% fee and obtain the right to further three year licences on the same terms and/or, ii) the BBC shall have the right to make further uses of the Script as described in Definition S “New Public Services Fee” (other than Transmissions on Radio 4 Extra in 7.6 (a) (i) above) for one or more further periods of five years (at the BBC’s option) subject to further payment of a fee equivalent to 7.5% of a Single Transmission Fee in respect of each five year period. Such fee shall be payable upon the first use occurring after expiry of the previous five year period. For clarity, payments are subject to the RPI Adjustment (b) The BBC shall also have the right if it wishes to make “Podcasts” available in its Public Services for a limited period of time from (but no earlier than) Transmission of the relevant programme or episode. The New Public Service Fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for the use of the Script for up to one year commencing from so being made available. A Podcast is defined for this purpose as a copy of a programme or programme extract made available on-demand without charge to the listener from the BBC’s websites or BBC-approved websites via the Internet and/or other Internet Protocol means without the application of access or copy control technologies.

New Public Services Fee. (a) The BBC shall in addition to the Fee pay the Writer a New Public Services Fee of an amount equal to 12.5% of the Single Transmission Fee on Acceptance of each Script, or in the case of a Pilot Script upon confirmation that it will be Transmitted or that the BBC has decided to commission further scripts based upon the Format of the Pilot Script. The New Public Services Fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for all uses of the Script paid for under the New Public Services Fee after first Transmission for a period of five years from first Transmission. The level of the New Public Services Fee shall be reviewed three years after signature of this Agreement by the parties through the Radio Forum in the manner provided for in clause 13 below. Following the expiry of such five year period:- i) period, the BBC’s right to make Transmissions on Radio 4 Extra (and upon Transmission to make programmes available for access by the public by means of electronic transmission for audio on demand) shall be subject to the payment of a fee equivalent to 5% of a Single Transmission Fee for the Script. Such fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for the use of the Script on six transmission days each consisting of any continuous period of twenty four hours during which the Script may be Transmitted four times over a period of three years commencing from the first such Transmission on Radio 4 Extra and provided that if the BBC has exhausted the number of Transmissions made in return for the above payment or if the three year period has expired it may pay another such 5% fee and obtain the right to further three year licences on the same terms and/or, ii) the BBC shall have the right to make further uses of the Script as described in Definition S “New Public Services Fee” (other than Transmissions on Radio 4 Extra in 7.6 (a) (i) above) for one or more further periods of five years (at the BBC’s option) subject to further payment of a fee equivalent to 7.5% of a Single Transmission Fee in respect of each five year period. Such fee shall be payable upon the first use occurring after expiry of the previous five year period. For clarity, payments are subject to the RPI Adjustmentterms. (b) The BBC shall also have the right if it wishes to make “Podcasts” available in its Public Services for a limited period of time from (but no earlier than) Transmission of the relevant programme or episode. The New Public Service Fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for the use of the Script for up to one year commencing from so being made available. A Podcast is defined for this purpose as a copy of a programme or programme extract made available on-demand without charge to the listener from the BBC’s websites or BBC-approved websites via the Internet and/or other Internet Protocol means without the application of access or copy control technologies.

New Public Services Fee. (a) The BBC shall in addition to the Fee pay the Writer a New Public Services Fee of an amount equal to 12.510% of the Single Transmission Fee on Acceptance of each Script, or in the case of a Pilot Script upon confirmation that it will be Transmitted or that the BBC has decided to commission further scripts based upon the Format of the Pilot Script. The New Public Services Fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for all uses of the Script paid for under the New Public Services Fee after first Transmission for a period of five years from first Transmission. The level of the New Public Services Fee shall be reviewed three years after signature of this Agreement by the parties through the Radio Forum in the manner provided for in clause 13 below. Following the expiry of such five year period:- i) period, the BBC’s right to make Transmissions on Radio 4 Extra (and upon Transmission to make programmes available for access by the public by means of electronic transmission for audio on demand) shall be subject to the payment of a fee equivalent to 5% of a Single Transmission Fee for the Script. Such fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for the use of the Script on six transmission days each consisting of any continuous period of twenty four hours during which the Script may be Transmitted four times over a period of three years commencing from the first such Transmission on Radio 4 Extra and provided that if the BBC has exhausted the number of Transmissions made in return for the above payment or if the three year period has expired it may pay another such 5% fee and obtain the right to further three year licences on the same terms and/or, ii) the BBC shall have the right to make further uses of the Script as described in Definition S “New Public Services Fee” (other than Transmissions on Radio 4 Extra in 7.6 (a) (i) above) for one or more further periods of five years (at the BBC’s option) subject to further payment of a fee equivalent to 7.5% of a Single Transmission Fee in respect of each five year period. Such fee shall be payable upon the first use occurring after expiry of the previous five year period. For clarity, payments are subject to the RPI Adjustmentterms. (b) The BBC shall also have the right (but not the obligation) to pay an additional fee of 1% of the Single Transmission Fee if it wishes to make “Podcasts” available in its Public Services for a limited period of time from (but no earlier than) Transmission of the relevant programme or episode. The New Public Service Fee Such fee shall cover the Writer’s remuneration for the use of the Script for up to one year thirty days commencing from so being made available. A Podcast is defined for this purpose as a copy of a programme or programme extract made available on-demand without charge to the listener from the BBC’s websites or BBC-approved websites via the Internet and/or other Internet Protocol means without the application of access or copy control technologies.