Roadshow PPL offers the following Licensing Options:
1. Single Title Screening Licence
This covers all the markets and can be used in all locations and is the most common licence
A Single Title Screening Licence is issued on a title-by-title basis. This allows the licence holder to screen specific films in either commercial (paid audience) or non-commercial (free of charge) environments as well as promote the screening outside of the venue itself.
All legally obtained copies of a film can be used for a screening. Additionally we can loan a DVD for a screening for an additional postage and packing fee. Loan DVDs are subject to availability and can be requested in the application.
2. Blanket Licence or Co-Curricular Licence
If your industry and screening requirements qualify for a blanket licence, you can register/apply for an annual licence to screen multiple films
A Blanket Licence or Co-Curricular Licence (Schools) is a licence which runs a calendar year, entitling holders to screen films to a non-paying audience for one low annual fee. A blanket licence is intended for venues where the screening would be incidental to the primary purpose of the venue. Examples are :
A school showing a film to students for non-educational (entertainment) purposes, as distinct from the educational exemptions under the copyright act. Also known as the Co-curricular Licence
A Public Library
A caravan or camping site screening to patrons
A retail shop, dentist, doctors or bank showing a film as background entertainment
There are restrictions to a blanket licence. The blanket licence does not cover (i) transmission of movies through an internal closed network to individual units or rooms, (ii) Outdoor Screenings (except for caravan or camping sites), (iii) Screenings where an admission is charged and (iv) screenings that are advertised to the general Public.
The blanket schemes operate with the support of Roadshow, Warner Bros, Universal, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney, eOne/Hopscotch, Icon/Dendy, StudioCanal, Madman, Palace, Rialto, Pinnacle and Transmission.