BBC - Commissioning - Copyright Lines for Independents

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Copyright Lines for Independents

This section depicts the Copyright Grid to position your copyright line and requirements for independently produced BBC programmes. Generic copyright line artwork is not available for independent programmes as the copyright line requirement will vary according to each independent company.

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.

Copyright for BBC programmes

During the licence period, the copyright line must appear in the following style:  

• © [producer name] [year]
• the entire copyright line must be in the corporate typeface - see the typeface specifcation.  
• [producer name] represents the name of the independent company producing the programme and should be in upper and lower case
• [year] represents the year of first transmission of the programme and should be in Roman numerals
• there must be no use of bold, underlined or italicised text. 

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. 

Example Independent Copyright 2005