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 2025

Basic recording fees 

Type	Fee	Overtime
Basic 3 hour session	£246.00	£42.00 per 15 mins
4 out of 5' hour session	£265.00	£36.00 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	£140.00	£280.00	£35.00
2	£105.00	£210.00	£26.25
3	£95.00	£285.00	£23.75

Additional fees

Type	Per 3-hour session	Per additional hour
Doubling	£20.00	£7.00
Trebling	£40.00	£14.00
Overdubbing	Plus 110% of session fee per overdub

Porterage

Category A	Category B	Category C	Category D
£30.00	£20.00 (cap £41.00)	£13.00	By negotiation