Posts Tagged ‘New Media’
July 21st, 2008
No movement. That’s all there is to report on the ongoing standoff between SAG and the AMPTP. Trade publications put attendance at Saturday’s SAG membership meeting in Hollywood at 450 – 750, depending on which industry rag you want to believe. The producer-friendly Daily Variety article actually has the attendance at the upper end of [...]
Tags: AFTRA, AMPTP, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, New Media, NOW MEDIA, SAG, Strike
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Daily Variety, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Strike | 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 »
July 17th, 2008
The following letter members received from SAG today reinforces some of the points I was making in my earlier post: BIG PRODUCER$ MONETIZE YOUTUBE CLIP$ July 17, 2008 It’s Not New Media – It’s NOW Media Dear Screen Actors Guild Member, I want to tell you why your national negotiating committee has not accepted the [...]
Tags: ALLAN ROSENBERG, DOUG ALLEN, New Media, NOW MEDIA, SAG
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Directors, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, New Media, Residuals, SAG | No Comments »
