Equity Distribution Services

Royalty payment services for UK's audiovisual industry. Serving performers, broadcasters, production companies & UK/US film studios. [email protected]

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

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[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

@tammiew Morning Tamara. Channel 4 will be in the first paayout of the new year.

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

*CALLING ALL VOICE ARTISTS & VOICE AGENTS*

❗️Have you or one of your clients been offered a voice job on an AI project?

❗️Do you know what potential pitfalls to look out for?

🛟Read this essential AI checklist before signing on the dotted line. Download your copy here ⬇️

[EquityAudioCommittee @EquityAudio]

Our colleague, activist & AI rights expert, Dr @Mathilde_Pavis has created a vital AI Deal Checklist on what artists and agents should look for when engaging. Even better, she has authorised us to share it for free. 🥹🙏🏻

Find it via our linktree here:
https://t.co/IK09dosi62

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

*ROYALTIES NEWS*

🎅£2.5M hitting performer & agency accounts this week in time for Christmas

📽️First time payments for 4 Netflix films incl Luther The Fallen Sun & Disney's Dumbo plus royalties from Sky, HBO, Warner Bros & Sony

All generated from @EquityUK agreements 🔥💪🏽

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

*REMINDER*

📩We're still working through a high volume of emails and voicemails after sending out £6.6M in our September royalities payout.

📧If you have contacted us with a query, thank you for your patience while we work through the messages 🙏🏽

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

*September Payout*

📩☎️If you have called or emailed us about an @EquityUK royalty payment heading your way in our £6.6M payout this week, please be aware we have received a high volume of queries.

Thanks for your patience as we work our way through the messages to yours 🙏🏽

[Dr. Ian Manborde @ianmanborde]

Another great job by @EquityDS in making sure that Equity members get payments due to them by working under union contracts. You are always better off in a union. #ProudToBeEquity #JoinYourUnion

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

*ROYALTIES NEWS*

A massive £6.6M being paid this week to 14k performers thanks to @EquityUK agreements with ⤵️

Disney
MGM
Netflix
NBC Universal
HBO
Really Useful Group
ITV for shows on ITVX, +others

This is what a strong union looks like💪🏽✊🏼🔥
#ProudToBeEquity #JoinYourUnion

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

**Payment News**

💷Gearing up for a multi-million pound royalties payout in early September

📺Payments due for ITV catch-up programmes, Netflix, Disney & Harry Potter films, as well as HBO series including Band of Brothers

👀Watch this space for more info

#ProudToBeEquity

[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

And you thought The Clash were angry... Five women, one last chance 💥🤘

Watch the trailer for Sally Wainwright's brand-new drama, Riot Women.

Watch ➡️ https://t.co/dgqPy6bULz

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

Call for more culturally British films raises important issues ⬇️

📍Investment in UK independent films has fallen in real terms since 2015

⚠️Regional TV programming is also under threat from budget cuts as @EquityUK's campaign to save 'River City' highlights

#ReverseTheCuts

[Screen International @Screendaily]

Ray Winstone has called for the UK industry to make more culturally British films 🇬🇧

"The French do it, the Germans do it. That's where good filmmakers come from," said Winstone: https://t.co/wY1gGQ6pm1

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

*UK Cinema Releases*

🎥This month's upcoming cinema releases including Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Roses' and the film adaptation of 'The Thursday Murder Club' ~ both made under @EquityUK agreements ➡️

Full list ⬇️

https://t.co/73GoepibMe

[ScreenUK Industry @ScreenUKInd]

37 UK TITLES feature in the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival line-up!

Find out which UK films and co-productions have been announced in an incredible year for the UK at @TIFF_NET:
https://t.co/WrvTOgeI25

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

*UNCLAIMED ROYALTIES*

📩We're contacting hundreds of @EquityUK members with unclaimed royalties that we want to pass onto them in September's payment run

👀Keep an eye on your inbox over the coming days

🚨If you get a message reply by w/c 25 August to claim what's due to you

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

NEWS: First images from 'The Hack', ITV's drama on the News of the World phone hacking scandal⤵️

The series is produced under @EquityUK's television agreement by ITV Studios and Anonymous, the same team behind 'Mr Bates vs The Post Office'

Full story🔽

https://t.co/u20c7y8bPT

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

NEWS: SAG-AFTRA games deal hailed a 'watershed moment' ⏩

💬'gaming depends on human connection-through voices, character, and expression..This isn’t just a labor deal. It’s a moment where technology and humanity found common ground'

Full article ⬇️

https://t.co/pa3mnNRqBb

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

Both sides of the AI debate in 1⃣ article

💬'We should be skeptical of AI ... it's a tool that can be used for good or bad'

💬'At this point, fighting AI is like fighting electricity'

💬'I'm deeply against changing what the actor did'

Full article ⬇️

https://t.co/DN9xQLWKja

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

*INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES*

From blockbuster shoots to tax policy shifts and tough times for local filmmakers⏩

Here’s what’s shaping the UK screen industry today 🎞️🎥📺

➡️🔽

[Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS]

@EquityUK on the road 🔽

🕹️Representing voice, motion capture & in-games performers at games industry conference Develop:Brighton today

🗣️Taking the message direct to games makers & developers

⏩Union contracts are a win-win for performers & employers alike

[EquityAudioCommittee @EquityAudio]

Proud to be present at @developconf Brighton!

Come and have a chat with us about how we can *all* benefit from

#UnionContractsInGamingNow

✊🏻🎮✊🏾