What is a Filler?
Fillers are short public information films that provide good quality content on issues that your audiences care about.
They are available in a variety of lengths, from 10 secs to 2 minutes and sometimes longer.
How to use them? Fillers offer you flexible, ready to run programming to help fill any break, as a quick fix for an unexpected gap in your schedule or as an alternative to a programme trail. Fillers are free of charge and fully BACC cleared. All the relevant paperwork is automatically distributed to our regular Filler contacts with every new release. The paperwork for all recent Fillers is available online in PDF format in Search Catalogue.
Format All titles (unless otherwise indicated) are available on all formats and in both 16:9 full height, anamorphic widescreen as well as standard 14:9 and some 4:3 versions. All new releases will automatically be distributed to our regular contacts in their preferred format. However, if there is anything else in the Filler catalogue that you would like a copy of, you can send us an email order in Search Catalogue. When you order tapes, please make your format and aspect ratio preference clear.
Editing Public Information films must not be edited, revised or added to in any way unless prior permission is obtained from Broadcast Marketing.
Editorial Usage You are welcome to use any current public information film in other programming, once you have received approval from Broadcast Marketing. Our Films are available free of charge to programme makers all over the United Kingdom, who may incorporate the material into magazine or consumer affairs programmes, for example. Ideally, the film will be shown in its entirety and the integrity of the film should be maintained at all times.
How to use them? Fillers offer you flexible, ready to run programming to help fill any break, as a quick fix for an unexpected gap in your schedule or as an alternative to a programme trail. Fillers are free of charge and fully BACC cleared. All the relevant paperwork is automatically distributed to our regular Filler contacts with every new release. The paperwork for all recent Fillers is available online in PDF format in Search Catalogue.
Format All titles (unless otherwise indicated) are available on all formats and in both 16:9 full height, anamorphic widescreen as well as standard 14:9 and some 4:3 versions. All new releases will automatically be distributed to our regular contacts in their preferred format. However, if there is anything else in the Filler catalogue that you would like a copy of, you can send us an email order in Search Catalogue. When you order tapes, please make your format and aspect ratio preference clear.
Editing Public Information films must not be edited, revised or added to in any way unless prior permission is obtained from Broadcast Marketing.
Editorial Usage You are welcome to use any current public information film in other programming, once you have received approval from Broadcast Marketing. Our Films are available free of charge to programme makers all over the United Kingdom, who may incorporate the material into magazine or consumer affairs programmes, for example. Ideally, the film will be shown in its entirety and the integrity of the film should be maintained at all times.
Withdrawals
Films are withdrawn when their content becomes out of date or the broadcast rights expire. When a Filler is withdrawn, we will send you a hard copy withdrawal notice. Please respond by stopping all showings and dispose of or wipe clean all copies of the withdrawn materials. You can also view a list of all withdrawn Fillers online in Search Catalogue.
Copyright
All public information films are Crown Copyright.
Unless otherwise stated, all footage, music and effects used in the films
are cleared for broadcast and non-theatrical use in the UK.
All proposals for theatrical ie. paying audiences, must be referred to
Broadcast Marketing.