http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071023/writers-strike/ by John Paczkowski Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071023/writers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Man the Geek Barricades: Hollywood’s Digital Strike | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:59:37 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071023/writers-strike/#comment-776 [...] big problem? Digital issues, which are sure to be an increasingly vexing issue for the entertainment industry, as more and more [...] [...] big problem? Digital issues, which are sure to be an increasingly vexing issue for the entertainment industry, as more and more [...]

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071023/writers-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Hey, Television Is Already So Bad, I Bet We Hardly Notice … | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:55:27 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071023/writers-strike/#comment-774 [...] Mediated contract negotiations between The Writers Guild of America and Hollywood producers broke off Wednesday night setting the stage for a writers strike that could leave sitcoms without scripts, late night shows without topical monologues, and television viewers with an even more limited choice of broadcast dross than they have now (America’s Next Top Model, Dancing with the Stars, and Farmer Wants a Wife on the CW! How will I ever decide?) Seems writers and producers still can’t agree on pay schedules for content distributed on the Internet and via other digital media. Or rather, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) is a bit too attached to the lousy DVD deal it convinced the writers to agree to 20 years ago, which gives writers, directors and actors a combined 20 cents for each DVD sale - 30 cents less than the sum given to manufacturers of DVD packaging material. “The companies refused to continue to bargain unless we agree that the hated DVD formula be extended to Internet downloads,” the guild said in a statement. ” … we presented the AMPTP with a comprehensive package of proposals that included movement on DVDs, new media, and jurisdictional issues. We also took nine proposals off the table. The Companies returned six hours later and said they would not respond to our package until we capitulated to their Internet demand. After three and a half months of bargaining, the AMPTP still has not responded to a single one of our important proposals. Every issue that matters to writers, including Internet reuse, original writing for new media, DVDs and jurisdiction has been ignored. This is completely unacceptable.” [...] [...] Mediated contract negotiations between The Writers Guild of America and Hollywood producers broke off Wednesday night setting the stage for a writers strike that could leave sitcoms without scripts, late night shows without topical monologues, and television viewers with an even more limited choice of broadcast dross than they have now (America’s Next Top Model, Dancing with the Stars, and Farmer Wants a Wife on the CW! How will I ever decide?) Seems writers and producers still can’t agree on pay schedules for content distributed on the Internet and via other digital media. Or rather, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) is a bit too attached to the lousy DVD deal it convinced the writers to agree to 20 years ago, which gives writers, directors and actors a combined 20 cents for each DVD sale – 30 cents less than the sum given to manufacturers of DVD packaging material. “The companies refused to continue to bargain unless we agree that the hated DVD formula be extended to Internet downloads,” the guild said in a statement. ” … we presented the AMPTP with a comprehensive package of proposals that included movement on DVDs, new media, and jurisdictional issues. We also took nine proposals off the table. The Companies returned six hours later and said they would not respond to our package until we capitulated to their Internet demand. After three and a half months of bargaining, the AMPTP still has not responded to a single one of our important proposals. Every issue that matters to writers, including Internet reuse, original writing for new media, DVDs and jurisdiction has been ignored. This is completely unacceptable.” [...]

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