Glastonbury Festival - Filming at The Festival

GLASTONBURY BROADCASTER, INTERNET AND FILMING ACCESS POLICY

The Glastonbury Festival welcomes media interest in this unique event and we do try to accommodate media coverage wherever possible. However the Festival does have a media access policy and we would be grateful if you could consider the below before suggesting any proposals to the Festival Press. For news accreditation the first contact should be with the Press Officers (John Shearlaw and Crispin Aubrey). All other requests should go to Glastonbury Television (Ben Challis) or the Festival Office (Dick Vernon). You may not film on site without the Festival’s official permission.

1. Access to the Festival

A. OFFICIAL PARTNERS

As with previous Festivals we will have host broadcasters, BBC Television and BBC Radio 1. We grant certain exclusive rights to the BBC and BBC Television have the exclusive right to film performances on the Pyramid Stage, the Other Stage, The One World Stage, the New Tent and in the Dance Tent. The BBC also provide general broadcast reportage for the Festival.

Glastonbury Television manages the international television rights to the Festival and BBC Radio International manages international radio distribution

As a principle the Festival retains all webcast/internet rights to the Festival. Any live web content from the Festival must be agreed in advance with the Festival. The Festival’s own website (www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk) is our host website alongside our official internet partners, playlouder.com (www.playlouder.com). In addition the Radio 1 website (www.bbc.co.uk) provides general content from the Festival with the Festival’s consent.

B. NEWS ACCESS

The Festival facilitates news access through the Press Office. Glastonbury Television will provide a ‘crash edit’ digi-beta PAL tape featuring approximately one minute each from four or five bands appearing on Friday night for bona-fide news broadcasters on the terms set out below. Tapes need to requested from the Press Office or Glastonbury Television in advance. Please remember any filming on-site must be for news use only and not for archive or any other use: When using these tapes:

(a) Up to 30 seconds of any one artist may be used
(b) No more than 2 minutes can be used in total
(c) This news use right is granted for no more than 7 days for both news and magazine programmes (or to 00.00 midnight on Friday 5th July 2005).

C. OTHER BROADCASTERS AND FILMING

As a general principle, the fewer the better! We are sensitive to the people who come to the Festival to enjoy themselves. We will also not allow any projects to go ahead which might derogate from the rights we have granted to our Official Partners or which may effect international broadcast partners. But we will consider projects provided they can meet the following criteria:

1. Programmes which are produced and broadcast post-festival on specific topics;

2. No live performances may be recorded without the Festival’s express prior permission. Even if granted you will usually need the artist’s and where relevant their record label’s permissions as well;

3. Crews must be kept to a minimum and be sensitive to the Festival public and their privacy. You must have full public and employers liability insurance and provide us with a copy of your certificate of insurance;

4. Any rights granted would normally only be for the specific programme and transmissions/broadcasts proposed to the Festival. No archive use will be allowed. We normally require a digi-beta copy of any programme for our own archive (or copy DVD). A facility fee is normally payable for filming on-site.

D. CLIP FOOTAGE AND INTERNATIONAL SALES

Glastonbury Television manages the Festival’s archive. Priority access is granted to a performer’s record label or band management. Discounted rates are provided (including gratis use for artist’s own EPK and promotional use). All other broadcasters and content providers (including internet) are expected to negotiate a standard commercial licence with the Festival through Glastonbury Television. A rate card can be provided if necessary. We would normally expect an onscreen credit when material is licensed and used (‘from the Glastonbury Festival’).

Glastonbury Television will produce 60 minute, 120 minute and 180 minute ‘Highlights’ programmes after the Festival. The licensing of these programme rights is managed by NBD TV (+44 207 243 3646) who are based in London.

D. CONTACTS

Glastonbury TV
Ben Challis
T. 0207 713 6579
E. [email protected]
F. 0207 713 6581

Press Office
John Shearlaw & Crispin Aubrey
T. 01458 834 596
E. [email protected]
F. 01458 834 235

Festival Office
Dick Vernon
T. 01458 834 596
E. [email protected]
F. 01458 834 235

INFORMATION: www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

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