British TV industry launches charter to improve freelance working practices

Major broadcasters, streaming services and unions in the British TV industry released a document on Wednesday (Aug. 25), The Freelance Charter, to improve working practices in the industry. The charter was ...

August 25, 2021

Major broadcasters, streaming services and unions in the British TV industry released a document on Wednesday (Aug. 25), The Freelance Charter, to improve working practices in the industry. The charter was ...

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Adeel Amini, Amazon Prime Video, BBC, Bectu, Channel 4, Channel 5, Coalition For Change, ITV, Netflix, Pact, Richard Watsham, ScreenSkills, Sky, The Freelance Charter, UKTV, ViacomCBS, Zai Bennett

TAGS:

Adeel Amini, Amazon Prime Video, BBC, Bectu, Channel 4, Channel 5, Coalition For Change, ITV, Netflix, Pact, Richard Watsham, ScreenSkills, Sky, The Freelance Charter, UKTV, ViacomCBS, Zai Bennett

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Andrew Jeffrey joined Realscreen in 2021 as its news editor. Here, he helps to oversee assignment, reporting and editing for Realscreen's daily newsletter. Prior to his work covering documentary and non-fiction film and TV, he worked as a reporter and associate producer for CBC Edmonton, and as a reporter for The Star Calgary, where he covered daily news on beats such as local and provincial politics, health care and harm reduction, sports and education. His work has appeared in other Canadian news outlets such as TVO, the Edmonton Journal and Avenue Magazine.

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