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IATSE
Last year brought ratified three-year deals between SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) & WGA (Writers Guild of America), and AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) Earlier this week, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) reached a tentative agreement on a Hollywood Basic Agreement and Videotape Agreement[...]
IATSE
When AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) finally came to its senses last year and finalized deals with SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and WGA (Writers Guild of America), some folks were under the impression that meant smooth sailing for television and film for the immediate future While[...]
wga
In terms of how things went with the unions and the AMPTP last year, the general vibe is that the WGA came out the big winners, SAG-AFTRA crossed the finish line but not as strongly as folks expected (still a few AI sticking points), and that members of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA weren't too[...]
David Zaslav
Asked by Sorkin about his compensation as WBD CEO being a focal point of the union's attacks against the studios & streamers, Zaslav shifted to discussing what the focus was of the studio bigwigs who were actively engaged in the WGA & SAG-AFTRA negotiations. "My focus was we need to settle this strike This is really[...]
Wytches, What If, SNL, Frasier, Night Court & More BCTV Daily Dispatch
Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s Loki, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Netflix's Shadow and Bone, Prime Video's Wytches, NBC's Night Court, Paramount+'s Frasier, Univision/Donald Trump, NBC's Law & Order, Disney+'s Wonder Man, Friends/Matthew Perry, Paramount+'s SEAL Team, Disney+'s What If…?, Apple TV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, WGA/David Zaslav, Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus, BBC's Doctor Who & more! Images/Screencaps: SNL, Netflix, Shutterstock.com, HBO, Marvel[...]
WGA "Right About Almost Everything" Even If Overpaid: WBD CEO Zaslav
As SAG-AFTRA members began voting this week to potentially ratify the union's new three-year deal with the studios & streamers, we're getting a chance to look back at the 148-day-long WGA strike – courtesy of Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav With the strike coming to an end at the end of September, the tentative[...]
SAG-AFTRA
But while all of that's going on? Maybe it's time for some of the mega-A-list names to start calling their CEO friends and applying a little "friendly pressure" to make the deal a done deal. Image: Los Angeles, California – September 24, 2023: SAG-AFTRA Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists located at 5757[...]
sag-aftra
As was reported earlier, NBCUniversal's Donna Langley, Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav, Disney's Bob Iger, and Netflix's Ted Sarandos – the four studio leaders who've had the most direct involvement in these negotiations and the negotiations with the WGA – were joined on the Zoom call by a number of other executives Reportedly, Paramount Pictures CEO[...]
SAG-AFTRA
As was reported earlier, NBCUniversal's Donna Langley, Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav, Disney's Bob Iger, and Netflix's Ted Sarandos – the four studio leaders who've had the most direct involvement in these negotiations and the negotiations with the WGA – were joined on the Zoom call by a number of other executives Reportedly, Paramount Pictures CEO[...]
SAG-AFTRA
If (and this is a big "If") the makings of a deal are there, the two sides could spend the weekend finalizing the framework (similar to what went down with the DGA and WGA) In addition, there still doesn't appear to be any serious rumblings that the AMPTP's proposal is being tagged as its "last,[...]
SAG-AFTRA
If the makings of a deal are there, the two sides could spend the weekend finalizing the framework for a new three-year contract (similar to what went down with the DGA and WGA) And as of this writing, there doesn't appear to be any serious rumblings that the AMPTP's proposal is being tagged as a[...]
SAG-AFTRA
For some reason, those contrasting stories seem to sum up pretty much how things have been over the past several months between AMPTP and the WGA & SAG-AFTRA But the WGA has its new three-year deal now – and the rumblings surrounding the current talks between the actors' union and studios & streamers have been[...]