Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers-related stories
Posted Feb 5th 2008 10:42AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, WGA Strike

It looks like
the studios and the writers have agreed to contract terms. It will be presented to the union leaders in a few days and may lead to the end of the WGA strike which has been going on since November 5th, 2007. TV Squad has
recently written that
the strike may end soon.
According to the article, television producers have made February 15th the de facto deadline for putting the writers back and salvaging what's left of this television season. For movie studios, the deadline is seen as early March to prevent major disruption with the 2009 movie release schedule.
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Posted Jan 17th 2008 7:35PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, WGA Strike

The DGA has accomplished what the WGA has not thus far.
It has negotiated a new contract with the AMPTP.
The new contract does include a residual payment formula for new media including the Internet. Both the DGA and the AMPTP seem satisfied with the arrangement, based on statements by both sides.
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