The BBC's freelancer training page - under construction
Television is no longer the omnipresent 'box in the corner' around which we organise our daily schedule: it is experienced and produced across a range of screens, websites and technological platforms. Audiences can watch what they want, when they want. In many ways the BBC has been at the forefront of this change - especially in online news, red-button technology and the iPlayer. But if the BBC is to continue being a media pioneer it must now reconfigure and reimagine what its workforce can offer in the new media scene. This means building a new system of working with freelancers.
“Most of the hot talent is freelance but the BBC doesn't pay as well as many of the indies do”, speaking at the Royal Television Society's Future's Event, BBC Talent Executive, Caroline Carter revealed that the BBC finds it difficult to maintain relationships with freelancers. “We struggle because we are not allowed, with our rate card, to offer as much– and then we lose top talent”, she added.
