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Equity Distribution Services @EquityDS

Royalty payment services for UK's audiovisual industry. Serving performers, broadcasters, production companies & UK/US film studios. distributions@equity.org.uk

Joined January 2018
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*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 🔥💪🏽
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*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
14 Oct 2025
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: tr.ee/j8XL0IketP
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*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 🙏🏽
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*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 🙏🏽
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Dr. Ian Manborde@ianmanborde
2 Sep 2025
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
1 Sep 2025
*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
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*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
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**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
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Equity Distribution Services retweeted
BBC Press Office
@bbcpress
19 Aug 2025
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 ➡️ bbc.in/4mhqtXK
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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
19 Aug 2025
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: screendaily.com/news/ray-win…
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*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 ⬇️ screendaily.com/news/uk-irel…

UK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2025

Bookmark this page and keep track of the latest film release dates in the UK & Ireland.

screendaily.com
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Equity Distribution Services retweeted
ScreenUK Industry@ScreenUKInd
8 Aug 2025
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: screenuk.org/industry/articl…
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*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
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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🔽 deadline.com/2025/08/itv-dra…

David Tennant & Robert Carlyle Are Taking On Rupert Murdoch’s News Of The World In Exclusive Images...

Images of ITV drama 'The Hack' show David Tennant and Robert Carlyle as Nick Davies and David Cook.

deadline.com
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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 ⬇️ gameshub.com/news/news/sag%E…

SAG‑AFTRA Walkout Ends After 11 Months

Voice actors and motion capture performers have ended an eleven‑month strike after ratifying a landmark new industry contract under the SAG‑AFTRA banner.

gameshub.com
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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 ⬇️ latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

De-aged stars, cloned voices, resuscitated dead icons: AI is changing the art and business of acting

AI isn’t hovering at the edges of acting anymore. It has reshaped faces, smoothed dialogue and fast-tracked everything from dubbing to reshoots. And its reach is growing.

latimes.com
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*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 🎞️🎥📺 ➡️🔽
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BREAKING: ⚠️Are you a performer worried about AI technology having free rein to exploit your image, your voice and your likeness? 📍If so, you'll want to sign @Equity's open letter demanding AI protections for those working in film & TV Help get it over 2000 signatures✍️🏽⬇️
Equity
@EquityUK
24 Jun 2025
Equity members are demanding better on AI in film & TV! ✍️Take 30 seconds to sign our open letter to PACT and let them know this is important to you in our negotiations: tinyurl.com/AI-letter-PACT
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*JUNE ROYALTIES UPDATE* It's a multi-million pound payout for artists engaged on @EquityUK contracts ⬇️ 💸£2.2M due to hit UK bank accounts from 23 June & overseas accounts slightly later 📥All email statements have now been issued ✍️Never accept less than an Equity contract
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JUNE ROYALTIES CHECKLIST 🔽 ✔️£2.2M of royalties en route to 3,500 @EquityUK-contracted artists ✔️First time payments for 'Pistol' miniseries, 'Monkey Man' and 8 Harry Potter titles ✔️Does it pay to work on a union contract? Affirmative to ALL of the above 🔼 #ProudToBeEquity
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