Pietrach Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Hi I got approached for use of my images in a TV documentary series. Very early talks, but would like to get an general idea of prices alamy uses for TV use. Say national tv coverage, are we talking about £, ££ or £££? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I had 4 UK TV uses last year, all mid $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Nelson Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I had 1 UK TV use last year, also for mid $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abiyoyo Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I had a BBC TV use on June 2017 by $$$ Country: Worldwide Usage: Editorial Media: Television (editorial) Print run: Unlimited transmissions Placement: Use within body of show Start: 29 June 2017 End: 29 June 2027 Includes the right to transmit the Programme also in any BBC Public Service for television other than BBC1 or BBC2 without limit on the number of transmissions, within a period of three years of the date of the request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regen Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 3/4 each year and been at £125 for BBC 2 for about 3 years now -but not through Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Most recent ones on Alamy were low and mid $$. Used to be higher once upon a time. I've made some TV use sales on my own and have always quoted $$$ and got what I asked for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Check the Alamy calculator as if you were buying the image and take it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 1 hour ago, vpics said: Check the Alamy calculator as if you were buying the image and take it from there. I'm surprised at how low it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrach Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 1 hour ago, vpics said: Check the Alamy calculator as if you were buying the image and take it from there. Thanks everyone. Based on experience the prices are nowhere near the calculator prices. These days seems that every buyer has some sort of a deal with Alamy outside the regular price list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 3 hours ago, John Mitchell said: have always quoted $$$ and got what I asked for. Are you reading this, Alamy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Walker Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Mid $$ for me too - Alamy Sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) It's always good to get the old calculator out. In my memory I had a couple and they were like mid $$ too. However.. Turns out since Jan 1 2018 I had 13 licenses for TV: 5 distributors; 8 direct. Distributor average around $$. Direct average around $$$. All gross. Highest direct: higher $$$. Some if not all had descriptions that are not in the calculator. Like internet only. So is that TV over internet? It was not the lowest. The descriptions, or conditions, varied wildly just like the fees. 6 were Worldwide ; 4 Japan ; 2 Germany; 1 US. 6 were bulk discount. Shortest duration: 1 month. (Not the cheapest.) Longest: In perpetuity Licensed for a single edit, in perpetuity and across all media. (Not the most expensive.) Both were not bulk discount. All were RM. Interesting exercise. wim (I may remove numbers a bit later.) Edited January 24, 2019 by wiskerke removed numbers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrach Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 1 hour ago, wiskerke said: It's always good to get the old calculator out. Strange but using my mobile i dont have an option of investigating an "other type of license", where I believed the calculator used to sit. I only have the six options (presentation, website, magazines, marketing small business, marketing large business) and none of them mentions TV. They all have a set price either. The image is and old live news image if thos helps. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Colin Woods said: Are you reading this, Alamy? To be fair, it has been a number of years since I made a TV sale on my own. I used to ask for at least $150 -- which seemed fair to me -- and I don't remember anyone balking. The fees for editorial TV licenses on the Alamy calculator are a lot lower than that. Edited January 19, 2019 by John Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Bunce Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Had one in 2017 Country: WorldwideUsage: EditorialMedia: Television (editorial)Print run: Unlimited transmissionsPlacement: Use within body of showStart: 08 March 2017Duration: In perpetuity All media $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 13 hours ago, Pietrach said: Strange but using my mobile i dont have an option of investigating an "other type of license", where I believed the calculator used to sit. I only have the six options (presentation, website, magazines, marketing small business, marketing large business) and none of them mentions TV. They all have a set price either. The image is and old live news image if thos helps. Thanks RM? Because RF of course doesn't have/need that. Sell and forget and all that. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrach Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 58 minutes ago, wiskerke said: RM? Because RF of course doesn't have/need that. Sell and forget and all that. wim Yes RM. I would expect choice of size if it was RF, this also isnt there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 7 hours ago, Pietrach said: Yes RM. I would expect choice of size if it was RF, this also isnt there. True, I forgot about those. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Only one TV sale via Alamy last year for $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) TV pricing regarding clips rather than stills goes for around $100/second for national coverage in the US. Some old footage of mine licensed at that rate recently. I gather that for stills it's a fixed rate regardless of how long the image is on the screen. My images used in documentaries have also been mid-$$, except for one in the very low-$$ range that was licensed through a distributor. A still used in commercial television went for $$$$ via Alamy. Edited January 25, 2019 by DDoug typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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