The Directors' Forum was established within the Directors' Terms Agreement.

"This will be the cornerstone on which a new relationship between directors, broadcasters and producers will be built. The Forum will provide a regular opportunity for the wide range of issues facing directors to be discussed, with a view to resolving current problems. It will also enable directors to understand the major issues facing broadcasters/producers as they seek to make high quality programming in an increasingly competitive global market."

Now known as the Joint Industry Forum, the group consists of representatives of the Directors’ Alliance (DPRS, DGGB, BECTU), all the British Broadcasters' and Producers' Associations, and the Professional Managers' Association. The Forum meets two or three times per year to discuss directors' fees, contracts and status. Specific issues covered in the first years of the Forum have included the provisions in directors' contracts for termination and suspension, moral rights, time off and expenses. Sub-committees have met to discuss in more detail directors' contracts and fees in more detail and to devise codes of best practice.

The Directors' Contract Guidelines were agreed by the Forum in June 2002 and published in both English and Welsh. They were updated in 2005.

Two Codes of Practice have also been agreed and published:

The Code of Practice (Fiction) "Concerning the professional and artistic status of Directors in television drama, comedy and scripted entertainment".

The Code of Practice (Non-Fiction) "Concerning the professional and artistic status of Directors in television non-fiction, documentary, drama documentary and unscripted factual programmes".

The Forum offers, for the first time, an opportunity for directors to air their specific concerns with employers.

Hard copies of all publications are available from the DPRS Office