Maybe, just maybe the end is in sight for the contentious contract negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the major studios. SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reached a tentative two-year agreement that will go to the SAG national board for a vote Sunday.…

The Screen Actors Guild spent Oscar weekend fine tuning its performance for most confused union in negotiations. SAG, which recently fired its executive director and lead negotiator, turned down the “Last, Best and Final” offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers; the national board voted it down…

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has delayed voting on a potential strike until at least January 14, THR says. The actors’ union had planned to send strike authorization ballots to its members on January 2—though it had already started asking members to approve a strike vote when talks with the…

As expected, studios and producers aren’t backing down in the face of strike threats from the actors’ guild. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reiterated that their final offer of June 30 still stands and are urging the Screen Actors Guild to reverse course and throw its support…

After two days of mediated talks failed, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is asking members to approve a strike authorization. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), representing some 350 studios and production companies, and the actors guild met face-to-face this past week for the first time in…

And so it starts again: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is planning to file for arbitration against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), alleging that the producers are not complying with the new contract that was negotiated after a prolonged strike during the winter of 2007-08.…

The board of the Screen Actors Guild is backing up its negotiators on the demand to include new media in contracts. The unanimous 68-0 vote late Saturday comes as Reuters notes, after members upset by the current stalemate in talks with the studios banded together to offer a slate of…

So here it is: SAG says it can’t accept studios’ proposed labor contract because it doesn’t ensure union jurisdiction over new media. And that’s where things stand, still, that is. Studios have refused to guarantee pay for repeat showings of programs created for online or to use union actors for…

One more hurdle left, with SAG, but the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has agreed to a tentative deal with Hollywood studios on a new three-year contract. The deal includes fees for content streamed and downloaded online, and preserves actors’ right of consent on the use of their…

The Screen Actors Guild is holding firm on its major demand of asking for actors consent for clips of their film and TV work to be posted online by the media companies. The clip issue has emerged as a key point in SAG’s negotiations with AMPTP, reports Variety, set to…

The Screen Actors Guild has agreed to extend the ongoing contract talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers until Tuesday next week, after the first three weeks of talks expired today. No specific reason was given, but LAT reports that SAG’s dropped its proposal to double residuals…

As the slow burn negotiations between Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers continue, the actors union has outlined why it thinks the digital media revenue share part is important. Well, money, for one. Here’s how it describes it, rather simplistically: “Over 9 billion videos…

The Directors Guild deal with the producers, with the major focus being on digital media, has now been ratified by the members. This was the deal that set the grounds for the eventual WGA-AMPTP deal.  The DGA did not release the final votes tally but said it received overwhelming approval,…

The governing bodies of the WGA unanimously approved the draft deal today but the strike remains in effect. The membership will vote on the proposed agreement Tuesday—and writers on strike since Nov. 5 could be back to work Wednesday. NYT: David J. Young, executive director of the West Coast guild:…

In the tentative WGA-AMPTP agreement, the exact language on the most contentious issue of online residuals: —The minimum for derivative dramatic programs is $618 for programs up to two minutes, plus $309 for each additional minute. The minimum for derivative comedy-variety and daytime serials is $360 for programs up to…

Movement in the writers’ strike overnight: An anticipated draft deal (see below) went out to the WGA membership early this morning for discussion at meetings being held in New York and LA today. One major twist: the companies insist the writers call off the strike and return to work before…

Updated below: The informal talks between WGA and AMPTP have reached a crucial stage and a deal may come as early as next week, report AP and NYT, citing sources. Among the supposed agreement includes how to compensate writers for online shows, though both sides still need to agree on…

The Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will hold informal talks beginning Wednesday, reports B&C, and in a hopefully major concession, WGA will drop its demands for having jurisdiction over reality and animation writers. These informal talks are a pre-cursor to formal talks: they’ll…

A day after DGA reached an agreement with the producers, the Writers Guild is ready to get back on the table with AMPTP: WGA leaders plan to meet as early as Tuesday with News Corp (NYSE: NWS). President Peter Chernin and possibly other top executives, reports LAT. Even though many…