An administration fee is not levied on all sources of income. In particular, no
fee is levied on BBC7 payments or on sums linked to new media services where BECS
acts as an agent for Equity in distributing payments. Instead, BECS secures a contribution
towards its administration costs from the broadcaster running the services.
An administration charge is made against some non-contractual and performers’ rights
payments. This happens when BECS must purchase and process programme data and enables
us to run the organisation and make these payments possible.
BECS is a not-for-profit organisation and charges are made solely to cover our overheads.
Equity members benefit from reduced charges as their subscriptions are used to subsidise
the activities of BECS.
Charges are as follows:
BBC Cable Retransmission:
Equity Members 8% inclusive of VAT
Non-Equity Members 18% inclusive of VAT
Performers’ Rights from European territories:
BECS and Equity Members 10% + VAT
Non-Members 12% + VAT
BBC7, New Media Services, Performers’ Rights from Italy, Spain and France:
No charges