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Earlier this week, reports surfaced that a number of major names (including George Clooney, Emma Stone, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry & Scarlett Johansson) met with SAG-AFTRA leadership (including Fran Drescher and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland) to discuss the state of the strike and what could be done to quicken a deal between the actors' union and the[...]

and France, the adjusted prices for the Ads plan, Basic, Standard & Premium are, respectively, UK £4.99/£7.99/£10.99/£17.99 and France 5.99€/10.99€/ 13.49€/19.99€. Los Gatos, CA – Aug 22, 2023: Northern California local members of SAG-AFTRA strike in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America in front of the Netflix building on Winchester Blvd[...]

If the AMPTP thought that walking away from the table would be some kind of "power move" on the part of the studios & streamers in its negotiations with SAG-AFTRA, the entertainment industry's union served it a reality check earlier today In a move that can best be compared to struck company Disney's Marvel Studios[...]

Want to know one of the key signs that Wednesday's meeting between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP didn't go too well? It's when the folks inside of the room start talking publically (and on the record), offering their perspectives on why things went south During Bloomberg's Screentime event, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos did just that Saying that[...]

Late on Wednesday, we learned that talks between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP took a nose dive – reportedly over AI and streaming residuals – with talks between the two suspended at this time "Negotiations between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA have been suspended after SAG-AFTRA presented its most recent proposal on October 11," began the statement[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA/WGA, Max's Our Flag Means Death, BBC's Doctor Who, FOX's Bob's Burgers, Peacock's Monk film, Prime Video's Invincible, WWE Fastlane, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Netflix's The Crown, Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks, HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Paramount+'s Bargain, and more! Images/Screencaps: Peacock, Netflix,[...]

The news comes as SAG-AFTRA and the studios & streamers continue negotiations on a new three-year contract for the actors' union Here's what you need to know… Striking members of the The Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket outside the Walt Disney Company on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Burbank, California (Shutterstock.com/Ringo Chiu) Here's a look at[...]

After what was described as a "full day bargaining session," SAG-AFTRA concluded its negotiation meeting for the day – but there are more to come The actors' union and the studios & streamers will meet again on Friday, October 6th From there, the weekend will see "parties working internally" before talks resume again on Monday,[...]

While there are a large number of fingers, toes, and various other body parts crossed across the entertainment industry in the hope that SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP's talks this week will result in a tentative agreement, there's still the matter of awards season to contend with And with the SAG Awards set to stream on[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Disney+'s Loki, Prime Video's Gen V, Apple TV+'s Messi Meets America, USA Network's WWE Raw/WWE NXT, Max's Peacemaker, STARZ's Shining Vale, SYFY & USA Network's Chucky, Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, FX's Fargo, HBO's Last Week Tonight, Paramount+'s Frasier, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks, AEW/Adam Copeland, Netflix's One[...]

On the same day that ratification ballots went out to WGA members to finalize their new three-year deal, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP met today at the union's headquarters to begin negotiations in earnest As was the case with the WGA talks, Disney CEO Bob Iger, NBCUniversal CCO Donna Langley, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, and Warner[...]

After reaching a deal with the WGA last month that ended the writers' strike, the AMPTP is heading to SAG-AFTRA's headquarters today to begin negotiations in earnest Hopefully, by the end of the week, the studios & streamers will see the error of their ways and do right by the actors' union as it apparently[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Adam Copeland/Edge & AEW WrestleDream, Sir Patrick Stewart, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Crunchyroll's Jujutsu Kaisen, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, FXX's Archer, New York Comic Con 2023, SYFY & USA Network's Chucky, BBC's Doctor Who, Netflix' The Umbrella Academy, Max's Doom Patrol, Leslie Jones/SNL, Peppa Pig/Katy Perry, Apple TV+'s For All Mankind, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

With the WGA membership expected to ratify a new three-year deal this week, the spotlight turns to SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP – with both sides set to meet this Monday at the union's Miracle Mile headquarters at SAG-AFTRA Plaza (not at the AMPTP's headquarters, as was the case the WGA talks) While many assume that[...]

Facing the fallout from the WGA and SAG-AFTRA striking at the same time (because of wasted negotiating time on the AMPTP's part), the television & film side of things had to be dialed back dramatically – in many instances, panels shifted to screenings with teaser, trailers, and behind-the-scenes featurettes (filmed before the strikes began) released[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? BBC's Doctor Who, Disney+'s Ahsoka, Prime Video's Gen V, TBS' AEW Dynamite, SAG-AFTRA/WGA/AMPTP, Max's Peacemaker, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, Netflix's The Sandman, Prime Video's Good Omens 3, Marvel Studios' The Marvels, Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher, NBC's Quantum Leap, Netflix's Arrested Development, HBO's Last Week Tonight, Netflix's Alice in Borderland, Adult Swim's[...]

But that's just the first step, with the WGA also rallying with SAG-AFTRA as the actors' union prepares to meet with the AMPTP this Monday to hammer out their own deal But that doesn't mean that the union can't take a moment to celebrate the gains it made – and how it made them Because[...]

Well, we already know that there's going to be one big difference between the AMPTP's negotiations with the WGA and the upcoming start of its negotiations with SAG-AFTRA Less than a day after both sides confirmed in a joint statement that they would be meeting on Monday, October 2nd, Deadline Hollywood has confirmed that the[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland, AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Community, Showtime's The Curse, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai, Prime Video's Gen V, James Gunn/DCU, HBO's True Detective: Night Country, Star Trek: very Short Treks, Netflix's Castlevania: Nocturne, Netflix's Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, Netflix's Masters of the Universe: Revolution,[...]

In what we're hoping is a good sign of things to come, some promising news from SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP this evening, On the same day that the writers' strike officially as WGA members prepare to vote to ratify a new agreement next week, the actors' union and the studios & streamers have confirmed that[...]

That is a big issue that the actors' union SAG-AFTRA will need to demand a strict agreement on. WGA Members Get Protection and Increased Pay in Writers' Rooms One of the worst practices the streamers like Netflix introduced in the last few years is "minirooms", that is smaller writers' rooms to write the entire eight-episode of a[...]

The WGA announced that the writers' strike will end at 12:01 am PT on Wendesday, September 27th - and released details on the new deal.

As the WGA moves forward on potentially ratifying its tentative agreement with the AMPTP that was announced on Sunday, the spotlight has shifted to talks between the studios & streamers and SAG-AFTRA But where there had been some weeks of rollercoaster emotions between the writers' union and the AMPTP, at least both sides were communicating[...]

For anyone who thought SAG-AFTRA was busy striking against the AMPTP, think again, as they have authorized a strike against the gaming industry Back at the start of the month, the organization announced they would be calling for a vote to authorize a strike, which they had until today, September 25, to vote Last week,[...]

Not long after the WGA announced that it had reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP on a new three-year contract (pending final language and membership ratification), SAG-AFTRA posted a message congratulating the union on today's news while reaffirming its commitment to get the best deal for its members "SAG-AFTRA congratulates the WGA on reaching[...]

The message goes on to say that future picketing is suspended (urging members to support SAG-AFTRA) but that the strike itself is still ongoing until the agreement is agreed upon by the membership (with details on the agreement promised once the final language is complete) "What we have won in this contract—most particularly, everything we[...]

But that's just the first step, with the AMPTP now needing to negotiate a new three-year with SAG-AFTRA – a union that comes to the table with its own concerns And all of this is taking place as the unofficial deadline of October 1st to keep from impacting the upcoming television season looms closer. The[...]

But that's just the first step, with the AMPTP now needing to negotiate a new three-year with SAG-AFTRA – a union that comes to the table with its own concerns And all of this is taking place as the unofficial deadline of October 1st to keep from impacting the upcoming television season looms closer. Earlier[...]

But that's just the first step, with the AMPTP now needing to negotiate a new three-year with SAG-AFTRA – a union that comes to the table with its own concerns And all of this is taking place as the unofficial deadline of October 1st to keep from impacting the upcoming television season looms closer Here's[...]

Though the WGA & AMPTP wrapped their meeting on Friday without a deal, both sides will meet on Saturday as more progress is reportedly made.