Archive for the ‘Big Media’ Category
July 30th, 2008
It looks like warring factions inside SAG have found some common ground vs the AMPTP. Finally, all the SAG board agrees that allowing SAG sanctioned, non-Union production and no residuals for certain so called new media production is a bad idea for actors. Daily Variety reporter and AMPTP fanboy, Dave McNary lays it all out [...]
Tags: AFTRA, AMPTP, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, Daily Variety, New Media, NOW MEDIA, SAG, Strike
Posted in Acting, Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Big Media, Daily Variety, Hollywood, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Tommy G. Kendrick | No Comments »
July 27th, 2008
Los Angeles, July 26, 2008 — The National Board of Directors of Screen Actors Guild passed the following resolution at its meeting today: It is a core principle of Screen Actors Guild –That no non-union work shall be authorized to be done under any Screen Actors Guild agreement and; That all work under a Screen [...]
Tags: AMPTP, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, New Media, Residuals, SAG
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Big Media, Filmmaking, New Media, NOW MEDIA, Producers, SAG, Strike | No Comments »
July 21st, 2008
One of the best reviewed films of the year had a stunning opening this weekend with an estimated take in excess of $155 million while playing on 4,366 screens. Apparently that wasn’t enough screens because the weekend was a virtual sellout and HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a report of tickets selling on Ebay for around $50. [...]
Tags: Box Office, Daily Variety, DARK KNIGHT, Hollywood Reporter, Residuals
Posted in Big Media, Box Office, Box Office Mojo, Daily Variety, DARK KNIGHT, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Hollywood Reporter, Producers | No Comments »
July 18th, 2008
The following story on Amazon.com‘s new Video on Demand service appears in newspapers across the country today, 7/18/08. This is just one more example of where film and video distribution is headed. And it is one more example of why the AMPTP is trying to force feed a bad deal on Screen Actors Guild members. As [...]
Tags: Amazon.com, AMPTP, New Media, NOW MEDIA, SAG, Streaming Video, Video On Demand
Posted in AFTRA, Amazon.com, AMPTP, Big Media, Daily Variety, Filmmakers, New Media, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, Streaming Video, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick, Writers | 1 Comment »