How to work with production companies to monetise your TV idea

As part of the Mind Your Business strand, we're offering training in a range of areas related to business management & development, production finance, legal & business affairs, rights, and compliance, giving individuals the tools needed to thrive in their chosen field in unscripted TV. 

So you’ve come up with an amazing concept for a TV programme or you’ve secured access to an incredible story. How do you go about protecting what you’ve come up with? How do you take it to market?How do you remain involved in the production? And, of course, how do you ensure you make money from what you have created? In this session, experienced deal-maker, TV executive and lawyer, Matt Angel, will help you work out the answers to all these questions and more.

Who it's for

Freelancers and production staff at all levels in unscripted TV looking to protect and maximise their IP.

The majority of the USF online short course offering is for those at early career stage and above. As a result, we generally require applicants to have at least 3 credits (unless working in a traditionally uncredited role). If you strongly feel you would still benefit from the training, please email USF@screenskills.com so we can assess if an exception should be made.

We are committed to ensuring all our courses are accessible to everyone. This course is designed to be as interactive as possible. Please email the above address if you have any access requirements and we will be delighted to help, be that clarifying the form such interaction is likely to take or discussing reasonable adjustments.

Trainer:

Matt Angel is an intellectual property solicitor with over 20 years’ experience of high-profile deal-making and contract negotiation in the global television industry. He has held numerous senior in-house positions within the TV sector, including global head of business affairs at Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment; controller of legal & business Affairs at super-indie All3Media; Director of Legal & Business Affairs at James Corden’s Fulwell 73; and chief operating officer of Objective Media Group. He has a wealth of experience dealing with agreements throughout the entire life-cycle of television programming, from creation and development through to commission, distribution and ancillary exploitation. He acts for large production groups, broadcasters, independent production companies, start-ups, distributors, studios, on-screen talent, television executives, individual creators and talent agencies across all programming genres, both in the UK and abroad.

How to apply

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘apply now’ at the top of the page and follow the instructions to apply for your place: you must login or register before you are able to complete your application.

If you need additional support to complete your application or require the application form in an alternative format please contact USF@screenskills.com

Places on these free online courses are limited and applications are often highly competitive. To stand the best chance of securing a place, please be sure to consider the following:

• When asked to list your three most recent credits, please include the programme title and your job role.
• When asked what you hope to gain from the course, please be concise but ensure you cover the specific elements of the topic you would like to gain knowledge of and what gaps in your skillset you believe the course may address. A rewording of the course title or a general comment on career progression does not tell us much about how this course would benefit you.

If you are no longer able to attend, we ask you to please use the “decline ticket” function on the right hand side of the page so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.

This course is supported by ScreenSkills, by the Unscripted TV Skills Fund thanks to contributions from broadcasters, SVoDs and production companies.

This course would normally cost participants to attend, but thanks to this support, we are able to offer it to you for free. If you fail to attend, we reserve the right to request reimbursement of costs, unless your place can be taken by someone else.