ITV Agreement

The agreement between ITV and the Musicians' Union applies to in-house ITV productions, and sets out the minimum terms and conditions for engaging session musicians for ITV content. The agreement covers:

• live sessions and the broadcasting of events
• musicians engaged to record specially composed music (e.g. titles, jingles or incidental music)
• the reuse of existing performance footage
• secondary exploitation of musicians’ performances (e.g. TV sales, DVD and DTO)
• rates for signed bands and artists (Self-Contained Groups).

Rates of pay and fees effective from 1 January 2023

Basic recording fees

Type	Fee	Overtime
Basic 3 hour session	£226.00	£40.50 per 15 mins
4 out of 5' hour session	£244.00	£32.00 per 15 mins

Recording for programmes that are not for full network broadcast may be paid at a discounted rate.

Combined Use recording fees

Scale	Fee per hour	Minimum fee	Overtime (per 15 mins)
1	£129.00	£258.00	£32.25
2	£96.00	£192.00	£24.00
3	£87.00	£261.00	£21.75

Additional fees

Type	Per 3-hour session	Per additional hour
Doubling	£19.00	£7.00
Trebling	£38.00	£14.00
Overdubbing	Plus 125% of session fee per overdub

Porterage

Category A	Category B	Category C	Category D
£27.00	£19.00 (cap £37.00)	£12.00	By negotiation