THE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL BROADCASTER FILMING AND INTERNET POLICY 2011
The Glastonbury Festival welcomes media interest in our 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. As with previous years, filming access will be severely limited as we have already received a substantial number of enquiries from the UK and from around the World and we also restrict the number of film crews on site to protect the privacy and enjoyment of festival goers.
For NEWS accreditation the first contact should be with the Press Officers (John Shearlaw and Crispin Aubrey). All other requests for FILMING or other media activities should go to Glastonbury Television (Ben Challis). You may not film or record on site without the Festival’s official permission. Contact details are at the foot of this page.
Access to the Festival
Official Partners
Our host broadcasters are BBC Television and BBC Radio (6 Music and 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 West Holts (Jazz World) Stage, The Park and in the John Peel Stage. The BBC also record and film the BBC Introducing stage. In addition BBC TV provides general broadcast reportage for the Festival. Radio coverage over the Festival weekend and after the Festival is on 6Music, Radio 1, 1Xtra, and Radio 5. TV coverage is live on BBC2 and BBC3 with concert specials on BBC4. There is also coverage on interactive TV (using the 'red button'), in the new media sphere and on the BBC's new HDTV channel. On the web over 40 sets from individual artists will be streamed live, reflecting the exciting diversity of the Glastonbury Festival.
The Festival retains all webcast/internet rights to the Festival. Any live web content from the Festival must be specifically agreed in advance with the Festival. The Festival’s own website is at www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
Glastonbury Television manages the international television rights to the Festival: A number of ‘highlights’ programmes are sold internationally by BBC Worldwide and BBC Radio International manages our international radio distribution. The Festival’s archive programmes are licensed by DCD (see
www.dcdrights.com ).
The words Glastonbury and Glastonbury Festival are registered UK and European Community Trade Marks. The Festival's logo is a registered UK trade mark. You cannot undertake any form of filming or photography on-site for commercial purposes without our express permission.
News Access
The Festival facilitates news access through the Press Office. We will only accredit bona fide news companies who wish to provide news coverage of the festival for television, radio or new media. If you have a specific non-news project such as a documentary programme or a magazine programme you should contact Glastonbury Television.
Any filming on-site must be for news use only and not for archive or any other use: If we can provide access to performance material then news access rules will apply for any material used by broadcasters: (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 from the last day of the festival on the 26th June 2011. This may be archived on the internet for up to 30 days.
No one may transmit, broadcast or communicate any live audio or audio visual images from the Glastonbury Festival site without the Festival's prior written approval. This includes the worldwide web. No one may transmit or facilitate the casting of text messages and/or other material to mobile phones either to mobile users on-site or to mobile users off-site without the prior written permission of The Festival.
Other Broadcasters and Filming
As a general principle, the fewer film crews the better! We are sensitive to all of the people who come to the Festival who are there 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 our international broadcast partners or which might impact on our ethical policies. 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 in advance of filming.
4. Any rights granted would normally only be for the specific programme and the transmissions/broadcasts proposed to the Festival. No archive use will be allowed. We normally require a digi-beta copy or HDCam copy of any programme for our own archive (or copy DVD). A facility fee is normally payable for filming on-site.
5. You cannot include any footage in any sponsored programme or in any form of advertising.
6. If you are a performer, any use as or within a promotional video needs specific approval and any commercial use such as DVDs or CDs or downloads needs to be approved and a commercial agreement reached with the Festival for any commercial use.
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’).
The BBC and Glastonbury Television will produce a 1 hour and 5 hour ‘Highlights’ programme after the Festival for broadcasters around the World. The licensing of these programmes will be managed by BBC Worldwide. Contact Salim.Mukaddam@bbc.com
Contacts
Glastonbury TV
Ben Challis
T. 0207 713 6579
E. Television@
Press Office
John Shearlaw & Crispin Aubrey
T. 01458 834 596
E. Press@glastonburyfestivals.co.
F. 01458 834 235
INFORMATION: www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk and information on the Glastonbury filmed archive (from 1994 onwards) can be found at www.the-television-company.co.