Posts with tag AllianceOfMotionPictureAndTelevisionProducers
Posted May 28th 2008 3:02PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Reality-Free
In an attempt to avoid a situation like the industry-wide mess that was the writers' strike, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have reached a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The tentative deal was completed on Wednesday and capped 17 days of negotiation.
Mind you, this is only half the battle for the AMPTP. They still have to reach a deal with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) before their contract expires. Both the SAG and AFTRA contracts are set to expire on June 30th.
Continue reading AFTRA reaches TV deal with studios
Posted Feb 11th 2008 9:18AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Industry, WGA Strike
WGA leaders
voted unanimously Sunday to endorse the proposed deal with studios, effectively ending the three month writers' strike that has crippled the television industry. While they do feel that the deal falls short, it still makes key gains in dealing with the new media; remember that it was this area of downloads and internet streaming that was one of the most important issues to the guild.
While the strike is ended per union leaders, writers won't return to work until the membership itself has had a chance to vote
on the new deal. They are expected to vote "yes" on Tuesday and be back to work by Wednesday. The timing of this resolution means that some of this season can yet be salvaged and there's still time for pilot production for new series next year. For details on how this will affect your favorite shows, Keep up to date with Mike Ausiello's
nearly comprehensive list of when your shows will return. And now things can get back to normal, and we can all go back to needlessly hating on
According to Jim, the way God intended.
Posted Dec 17th 2007 9:01AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Industry, WGA Strike
As the strike lingers on and the Writers Guild of American (WGA) and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) seem no closer to bridging their philosophical and monetary gap, the WGA is set to try a new tactic. According to Variety, the WGA is going to make a "legal demand" today for individual members of the AMPTP to schedule bargaining meetings with the WGA. However, at this point it isn't clear if the companies are legally obligated to do so, and if not, will they?
Continue reading WGA to seek individual deals to break impasse with AMPTP
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