The Directors Guild of America is reached a tentative three-year deal with the AMPTP (The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) with key advances in jurisdiction and payment for programming on the Internet.
‘Two words describe this agreement – groundbreaking and substantial,’ said Gil Cates, chair of the DGA’s Negotiations Committee. ‘The gains in this contract for directors and their teams are extraordinary — and there are no rollbacks of any kind.’
DGA touted a trio of new-media gains:
1.Establishing DGA jurisdiction over programs produced for distribution on the Internet;
2.Boosting the residuals formula for paid Internet downloads (electronic sell-through) by double the current rate;
3.And establishing residual rates for ad-supported streaming and use of clips on the Internet.
The DGA deal amps up the pressure from all sides on the leadership of the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike since November 5th 2007.
The town’s focus will immediately shift to whether the terms of the DGA deal will be acceptable to the WGA. A group of moderate writers have been pushing in recent days for the leaders not to reject the DGA deal out of hand but optimists believe that the DGA deal will be enough of a breakthrough on new-media questions to pave the way for a WGA pact.
The WGA had no immediate reaction to the announcement but I am sure there will be reactions from the Writers Guild as well.DGA Reaches Tentative Deal With AMPTP
The Directors Guild of America is reached a tentative three-year deal with the AMPTP (The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) with key advances in jurisdiction and payment for programming on the Internet.
‘Two words describe this agreement – groundbreaking and substantial,’ said Gil Cates, chair of the DGA’s Negotiations Committee. ‘The gains in this contract for directors and their teams are extraordinary — and there are no rollbacks of any kind.’
DGA touted a trio of new-media gains:
1.Establishing DGA jurisdiction over programs produced for distribution on the Internet;
2.Boosting the residuals formula for paid Internet downloads (electronic sell-through) by double the current rate;
3.And establishing residual rates for ad-supported streaming and use of clips on the Internet.
The DGA deal amps up the pressure from all sides on the leadership of the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike since November 5th 2007.
The town’s focus will immediately shift to whether the terms of the DGA deal will be acceptable to the WGA. A group of moderate writers have been pushing in recent days for the leaders not to reject the DGA deal out of hand but optimists believe that the DGA deal will be enough of a breakthrough on new-media questions to pave the way for a WGA pact.
The WGA had no immediate reaction to the announcement but I am sure there will be reactions from the Writers Guild as well.
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