Writer and former president of both the Australian Writers’ Guild and Australian Writers’ Foundation, Geoffrey Atherden, has been appointed a director of Screenrights.
The Australian Writers' Guild's legal action against Screenrights, whom it alleges has failed to pay scriptwriters’ royalties, has been transferred to mediation.
Former ABC director of television Kim Dalton has been appointed as a director of Screenrights - a multimillion dollar collection society which pays royalties to producers, writers and directors.
Screenrights has collected $42 million in licensing revenue and other income for the film and television industries during 2013/14, with expenses at 14.91% of collections.
Screenrights is now offering a new disbursement service for the Australian production industry.
Foxtel and Screenrights today confirmed the terms of a new five-year deal, which covers payment of royalties for Foxtel’s retransmission of free to air (FTA) broadcasts.
The pay TV player now pays 26.95 cents per subscriber per month for some channels and will have to pay 10 cents for others.
Screenrights has collected more than $36 million in licensing revenue and other income during 2010/11, a record for the company.