The following fees apply to all DVD/Blu-ray works and trailers.

All new companies submitting works for DVD/Blu-ray release are required to send payment in with their submission(s).

Customers can pay by cheque or bank transfer. Payments can also be made via our website using Visa/Mastercard/Maestro/Solo

Some customers may prefer to send money on account which is run down as works are received and topped up as necessary. A ‘deposit against prepayment scheme’ is also possible. In all cases a VAT invoice is raised after examination has taken place, or when the secondary process has been approved.

DVD/Blu-ray feature and trailer standard fee

Handling fee of £75 per submission plus £6.00 per minute for full length of  work.

To calculate the cost of your work please click on the fee calculator link below.

To calculate the cost of your work please use our fee calculator.

Advice viewings

75% of the standard fee

 

Comparison rate (change of distributor,  technical comparison or 2D / 3D comparison) for all video works

Handling fee of £75 plus

£150.00 for a work more than 15 minutes in length

£75.00 for a work less than 15 minutes in length

Cancellation and withdrawal of DVD/Blu-ray work

Set fee of £100

Reactivation fee for title withdrawn by Board due to non-response to mail shot

Set fee of £150

Charity rate

30% of the standard rate

The Charity rate is available only to charities registered in the UK. A registered UK charity number will be required with submission.  The only exception to this is for Audio Descriptive works which are aimed at visually impaired users and thus will be charged at the reduced rate.  Please note that this only applies to stand-alone Audio Descriptive works.  Submissions which contain multiple elements of which only some are Audio Descriptive will continue to be charged at the standard rate.

Cancellation fee

The amount of work submitted to the Board under the Video Recordings Act has a direct effect on the time taken by the Board to view the average video.

An assessment of this has revealed a number of submissions for which prepayment has never been received or background data supplied. Indeed many works have been submitted which have later been withdrawn either because the company no longer wishes to proceed with the work or because it considers that greater urgency attaches to other submissions.

Therefore, the Board levies a cancellation fee or handling charge to pay for the abortive work carried out by Board staff. This work will have included the opening of a file, the measurement and technical assessment of the work and issuing of a technical report, the normal research required into the work’s history both on film and video either under the same title or under alternative titles, the raising of a pro-forma invoice, the completion of a registration form to include all the above data and , in the case of cancellation, the closing of the file and transfer to suspended records.

The Board, therefore, institutes a charge for every submitted work for which a notice of cancellation is received, or for which prepayment is not received within ninety days of the date on the pro-forma invoice. Once ninety days have elapsed the work will be disposed of by the BBFC. New submissions from that company will not be progressed until payment of the handling/ cancellation fee is received.

Any work which has had research tasks undertaken by Information Services or moved through to subsequent parts of the process will be subject to a withdrawal charge if the submitting company decides it no longer wishes to continue with a work. Works which have been on hold having had letters/emails issued and are awaiting a response from the submitting company will be automatically withdrawn by the BBFC if no response is forthcoming under the terms of the letter/email. These will also be charged the withdrawal fee upon withdrawal by the BBFC.

If a submission is withdrawn then a withdrawal fee will be payable. However, if any work is performed beyond the measurement stage the fee payable will be the higher of the withdrawal charge or the requisite fee for the work performed.

Fees are based on the length of the work plus a handling fee and are calculated according to the fee tariff above.

The BBFC operates a prepayment system for all works submitted. New customers requiring classification for theatrical release are required to have funds in place with the BBFC before booking their work in.

If you have any questions about payments contact the Accounts department on 020 7440 0370/1 or by email at accounts@bbfc.co.uk.