Rights and commercial affairs

Rights and Commercial Affairs

BBC Films Rights and Commercial Affairs, led by Jane Wright, has a remit to work with BBC Films providing a professional and commercial service for the development and coproduction of feature films. We protect the BBC's interests and ensure that licence payers get the best value-for-money from BBC investments in feature films.

What We Do

Co-Production Finance: We secure third party financing for BBC Films theatric films in the commercial market place and public sector by sourcing equity, rights presales to agents or distributors, bank gap, tax funds and international co-production. We work together with the independent producer, to create and execute a finance strategy. We provide BBC Films with marketplace knowledge about talent values and information on sales and distribution results. The team seeks to maximise the BBC's return on investment and to achieve the maximum value-for-money for the licence payer.

Business & Legal Affairs: Led by Isabel Begg, Head of Business and Legal Affairs, the team provides BBC Films with professional legal, negotiating and deal structuring advice and a comprehensive contract administration service.

Rights & Revenue Management: We work with producers to find the best distribution for their films. We also undertake direct sales and manage the exploitation of film rights. We monitor the collection of revenues closely and commission audits when appropriate.