Training We Offer
You do NOT need to be a member of the PMA to take part in this training.
We normally provide a variety of workshops and training sessions countrywide. Currently all training is taking place via Zoom.
At Production Manager level we offer topics ranging from legal issues such as compliance and music licensing, to Health & Safety and tax issues. We also cover technical topics relating to production and the current pandemic situation.
For more junior people, we offer a variety of entry level and limited experience sessions, which are open to all - bursaries are sometimes available via Screenskills.
Training events are FREE to members with fees charged for non-members. Prices vary from session to session. Places are limited according to each type of event.
See upcoming session below:
Factual Programme Making
Wednesday 6th March 2019 From: 6.30-9pm
Venue 01 Zero-one, Hopkins Street, London
W1F 0HS
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FACTUAL PROGRAMME-MAKING:
How not to get sued, fined or sent to jail!
Date: WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH 2019
Time: 6.30pm for 7pm start (approx Finish 8:30pm)
Venue: 01 Zero-one, Hopkins Street, London W1F 0HS
Leading, specialist TV law firm Abbas Media Law will be holding a factual programme-making masterclass on 31 January 2019 highlighting the most common legal and compliance pitfalls that can land production companies and their staff in serious trouble.
London is not only the libel capital of the world. With claimants now able to sue for infringements of privacy, and regulators like Ofcom and the ICO able to impose potentially huge fines for breaches of the law and their codes, the stakes for content producers have never been higher.
The session will cover a broad range of content including:
Contracts – YOUR RED LINES! - what’s negotiable and what’s not – the clauses you cannot, must not, do without;
Viewer Trust – fakery, staged, misleading? … or justifiably low-level TV artifice? What is acceptable, what is not;
Data protection – GDPR – the rules, the risks and how to navigate them;
Privacy – how not to get sued;
Defamation – with reference to recent media claims, this session will identify some common mistakes, so you and your company avoid them;
The Criminal law and contempt – everything you need to know to prevent you and your staff getting a criminal record.
This essential masterclass is aimed specifically at TV programme managers, execs and producers. It will help you identify legal and regulatory risks, mitigate those risks through best practice guidance, and guide you on what to do if things do go wrong. Miss it at your peril!
Sandwiches, wine and soft drinks provided
Cost: FREE to PMA members and £33 for other attendees. Please make payment to PMA, Co-operative Bank, Sort code: 08-92-99, account number: 65213803.
RSVP [email protected] to reserve your place
To find out more about Nigel Abbas, Abbas Media Law and the services offered, visit www.abbasmedialaw.com
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PMA members benefit from the information and services that our sponsors can provide, while sponsors gain access to the upper echelon of Production Managers in the UK who are major purchasers for the industry.
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