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Can Hollywood avoid another months-long strike that ruins our prime-time TV?
Maybe.
The
SAG and
AMPTP are at odds over new terms for a contract that would include payments for internet videos and other new media. They last met on July 16, reports the
New York Times.
The guild and the studios had no comment on the renewed talks.
It seems both groups have been moving cautiously, with Hollywood still feeling the crippling effects of the
Writers Guild of America strike last winter. The WGA agreed to a new contract in February after a strike that shut down most scripted TV production and delayed a number of films. Shows like
Heroes and
24 have blamed ratings problems and overly long hiatuses on the strike.
Meanwhile, according to the
Times, the studios and the
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, a union of 35,000 theater, film and television workers, reached a tentative deal on Wednesday, although it will require ratification by the membership body.
“This was a tough negotiation during tough economic times, but both sides worked hard and negotiated reasonably to come to this agreement,” the union’s international president, Matthew D. Loeb, said in a statement. “This new agreement both protects members and allows new media to evolve.”
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