BBC - Commissioning - Copyright Lines for In-house

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Copyright Lines for In-house

Positioning the copyright line 

• All end credit copyright lines should sit within this grid (shown in red)
• This grid is 16 pixels in height, 490 pixels from top of screen to top of grid, 70 pixels from bottom of screen to bottom of grid.
• Range according to end frame design
• Channel names should not be included in the copyright line
• Where a website address (URL) is included below the copyright line, the copyright position should be adjusted upwards accordingly so that the URL sits within the grid(shown in red) with the copyright line directly above.

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Copyright for BBC programmes

 All copyright lines must appear in the following style:

• the copyright symbol
• the letters BBC in the corporate typeface (i.e. the logo must not be used)
• the year of first transmission in Roman numerals in the corporate typeface 

The copyright line must:

• be static and either cut or mixed on
• be white or black only
• be placed at the foot of the final card

Artwork for the Copyright lines is available for you to download and use in your programme:

Example BBC Copyright 2003